Musk ketone is a widely used artificial fragrance. Musk ketone is also a cytochrome P450 enzyme inducer. Musk ketone shows mutagenic and comutagenic effects in Hep G2 cells and induces neural stem cell proliferation and differentiation in cerebral ischemia via activation of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. In the brain, musk ketone is neuroprotective against stroke injury through inhibition of cell apoptosis[1][2][3].
