UPF-648是犬尿氨酸3-单加氧酶(KMO)有效抑制剂，1uM浓度下能达到约81%的抑制效果，对犬尿素转氨酶KAT无抑制作用。

Zanthobungeanine has anti-inflammatory activity, it shows moderate NO production inhibitory activity with an IC50 value of 37.26 mg /L.It shows obviously inhibitoryactivity to platelet aggregation caused by platelet-activating factor (PAF). Zanthobungeanine shows the inhibitory action on the development of A549 cell only in high concentration and has no antipersonnel effect on A549 cell.

AalphaC 是一种潜在的致癌物质。