2-Aminoimidazole is a potent antibiofilm agent and adjuvant to antimicrobial treatments, which effectively disrupts bacterial self-protection mechanisms by inhibiting biofilm formation and genetically-encoded antibiotic resistance traits. Additionally, 2-Aminoimidazole acts as a weak noncompetitive inhibitor of human arginase I, with a Ki value of 3.6 mM[1][2][3].
Pi-Methylimidazoleacetic acid, considered a potential neurotoxin, targets the nervous system and may pose significant health risks when absorbed or metabolized within biological systems.