Labd-13-ene-8,15-diol

13 (E) -Labd-13-ene-8alpha,15-diol shows antiviral and anticancer activity, it shows strong anti-HRV2 and HRV3 activity with a 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 2.68 and 0.87 microg/mL, respectively; it also exhibits antilung and antilaryngeal cancer activities against A549 and Hep2 cells.13 (E) -Labd-13-ene-8α,15-diol inhibits the growth of the gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus and Listeria monocytogenes) and gram-negative bacteria (Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Escherichia coli and Salmonella enteritidis) with a range of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values from 0.092 to 0.598 mg/mL and gram-negative bacteria are more sensitive to the compound (MIC, 0.092 mg/mL) .