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Benzomalvin C is a weak antagonist of the neurokinin-1 (NK1) receptor inhibiting binding of substance P by 46% when used at 100 µg/ml in vitro.1 It is also a weak inhibitor of indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) with an IC50 value of 130 µM for recombinant IDO.2 It was isolated from Penicillium and contains an epoxide group at C-19 and C-20, which is not present in benzomalvins A, B, or E.
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1. Benzomalvins, new substance P inhibitors from a Penicillium sp. J. Antibiot. (Tokyo) 47(5), 515-522 (1994).
2. Benzomalvin E, an indoleamine 2,3-