NCX-4016, a nitric oxide non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NO-NSAID) which can inhibit cyclooxygenase as well as release nitric oxide, is under development by NicOx as a potential treatment for thrombosis, inflammation and rheumatoid arthritis. NCX-4016 possesses a broad spectrum of antithrombotic and antiinflammatory activities. NCX-4016 has been shown to inhibit platelet activation in vitro more effectively than aspirin, to inhibit smooth muscle cell proliferation, to exert an endothelial cell protective activity and to suppress the function of several inflammatory cells potentially involved in atherothrombosis. In animal models, NCX-4016 protected from platelet thromboembolism, prevented restenosis in atherosclerosis-prone animals, protected the heart from ischemia/reperfusion injury, and induced neoangiogenesis in critically ischemic limbs. Moreover, it displayed little or no gastric toxicity and appeared to protect stomach from noxious stimuli, including aspirin. NCX-4016 has been evaluated in healthy volunteers and found to inhibit platelet cyclo-oxygenase-1 (COX-1) similarly to or slightly less than aspirin, to raise the circulating levels of NO-degradation products, and to have little or no gastric toxicity in short term studies. NCX-4016 was in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of vascular disorders such as peripheral vascular disease and other cardiovascular diseases including thrombosis, complications of endothelium-related diseases such as diabetes and other. But this research was discontinued.

Xanthoxyletin is a coumarin isolated from Erythrina variegata. It has been reported that Xanthoxyletin possesses antibacterial, fungicidal, and algicidal properties. Xanthoxyletin induces S phase arrest and apoptosis in human gastric adenocarcinoma SGC-7901 cells. Xanthoxyletin may be promising anticancer agent and has worth for further mechanistic and therapeutic studies against gastric cancer.

Egualen is an azulene derivative developed for the treatment of peptic ulcer and marketed in Japan under the tradename Azuloxa. The drug exerts its antiulcer activity by antagonizing TXA2 production.

Egualen is an azulene derivative developed for the treatment of peptic ulcer and marketed in Japan under the tradename Azuloxa. The drug exerts its antiulcer activity by antagonizing TXA2 production.

Egualen is an azulene derivative developed for the treatment of peptic ulcer and marketed in Japan under the tradename Azuloxa. The drug exerts its antiulcer activity by antagonizing TXA2 production.