Khellactone shows antitumor activity,it can suppress the growth of NCI-H460 tumor cells. (+)-4'-cis-Khellactone and (+)-3'-cis-khellactone have antiplasmodial activities, they show notable inhibitory activity against -sensitive strains of with IC(50) values from 1.5 and 2.4 microM.

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