Imidazole is a planar 5-membered ring and a highly polar compound. It has been used extensively as a corrosion inhibitor. Imidazole is incorporated into many important biological molecules.

Pinostrobin chalcone, a chalcone analog isolated from the leguminous plant, Mucuna pruriens, exhibits anticancer activity with an IC50 value of 20.42±2.23 μg/mL against MDA-MB-231 and 22.51±0.42 μg/mL against the HT-29 colon cancer cell line.

A potent inhibitor of the high affinity uptake system for CHOLINE. It has less effect on the low affinity uptake system.