Resveratrol, a natural polyphenol that possesses anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, cardioprotective, blood-sugar-lowering, antiaging, and anti-cancer properties. It has a wide spectrum of targets including cyclooxygenases(i.e. COX, IC50=1.1 μM), lipooxygenases（LOX, IC50=2.7 μM, kinases, sirtuins, c-IAP1, c-IAP2, livin and XIAP. Resveratrol regulates gene transcription via activation of the stimulus-regulated protein kinases Raf and ERK and the stimulus-responsive transcription factors TCF and Egr-1. Resveratrol is a stilbenol that is stilbene in which the phenyl groups are substituted at positions 3, 5, and 4' by hydroxy groups. It has a role as a glioma-associated oncogene inhibitor, a geroprotector, an antioxidant and a phytoalexin. It is a polyphenol, a member of resorcinols and a stilbenol.

L-mimosine is an L-alpha-amino acid that is propionic acid substituted by an amino group at position 2 and a 3-hydroxy-4-oxopyridin-1(4H)-yl group at position 3 (the 2S-stereoisomer). It a non-protein plant amino acid isolated from Mimosa pudica. It has a role as an EC 1.14.18.1 (tyrosinase) inhibitor and a plant metabolite. It is a member of 4-pyridones and a non-proteinogenic L-alpha-amino acid. It is functionally related to a propionic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a L-mimosine(1-). L-mimosine is a naturally occurring plant amino acid and iron chelator that arrests the cell cycle in the late G(1) phase, prevents the initiation of DNA replication. Mimosine disrupts elongation of the replication fork by impairing deoxyribonucleotide synthesis, it has antiproliferative and antifibrotic effects on adult cardiac fibroblasts.