 In experiments on mice with tumour cells, it appeared to have antitumour effects when administered in combination with a preparation of "Cutibacterium acnes" in a 1994 Polish study.Researchers in 2004 reported that extracts of the fruit body inhibit the enzyme pancreatic lipase; it was the second most inhibitory of 100 mushrooms they tested.A compound present in the mushroom, "N"-γ-glutamyl boletine, has mild antibacterial activity.