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Cardanol monoene is a phenol found in cashew nut shell liquid that reversibly inhibits tyrosinase with an IC50 value of 56 µM in vitro.1 It halts the cell cycle at the S phase and inhibits proliferation dose- and time-dependently in M14 melanoma cells (IC50s = 23.15 and 12.30 µM after 24 and 48 hours of treatment, respectively).2 Cardanol monoene also induces apoptosis via the intrinsic pathway following the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). A mixture of cardanol mono-, di-, and triene is used to synthesize cardanol-metal complexes that inhibit uropathogenic E. coli biofilm formation.3
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1. Inhibitory mechanism of cardanols on tyrosinase. Proc. Biochem. 51(12), 223-2237 (2016).
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3. Intrinsic hydrophobic antibacterial thin film from renewable resources: Application in the development of anti-