ABMA protects cells against four bacterial toxins (Corynebacterium diphtheriae (DT; EC50 of 62.9 μM), Bacillus anthracis (LT), Clostridium difficile toxin B (TcdB; EC50 of 73.3 µM), Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin (TcsL; EC50 of 86.7 μM)), three viruses (Ebola (EC50 of 3.3 µM), rabies (EC50 of 19.4 µM), dengue-4 virus ( EC50 of 8.2 µM)), two species of Chlamydiales intracellular bacteria (Simkania negevensis and Chlamydia trachomatis), and the parasite Leishmania infantum (EC50 of 7.1 µM) at micromolar level.
In A549 cells, ABMA treatment induces a decrease in ricin cytotoxicity with an EC50 of 3.8 µM, and a protection factor (R) at 30 µM ranging from 5 to 10. ABMA retained almost 100% of its biological activity against ricin-induced cytotoxicity up to six days.