Laboratory tests show that extracts of the plant have some antimicrobial activity and inhibit the formation of biofilms.

These may inhibit the formation of traumatic memories by blocking adrenaline's effects on the amygdala.

Low doses of colchicine can inhibit the formation of microtubules, while high doses depolymerize or break down a polymer to a monomer.

This process will inhibit the formation of memory by preventing learning of the observed stimuli.

The substitution of another amino acid for glycine in this chain inhibits the formation of stable, triple-stranded, ropelike collagen molecules.