An herbicide; reversibly decreases H. vulgare root and shoot length and inhibits in vitro paclitaxel-induced tubulin polymerization in a dose-dependent manner; completely inhibits tubulin polymerization in Hemanthus endosperm cells at a concentration of 0.1 μM; inhibits calcium accumulation in corn mitochondria (ID50 = 140 nM) and induces a 3-fold increase in the rate of calcium efflux from rat liver mitochondria at a concentration of 100 nM; inhibits the growth of P. falciparum (IC50 = 3.5 μM); completely inhibits microtubule polymerization in P. falciparum trophozoites at a concentration of 20 μM,