PHI-501 demonstrated potent growth inhibition (GI50 <1 µM) in seven melanoma cell lines harboring BRAF V600E or NRAS mutations….PHI-501 triggered apoptosis more effectively than these inhibitors...PHI-501 had 74-fold more inhibitory effect on cell proliferation (GI50: 0.55 µM to 40 µM). Moreover, treatment with PHI-501 strongly suppressed cell migration of cobimetinib-resistant SK-MEL-30 cells....Melanoma cells resistant to RAF or MEK-targeted treatments or harboring NRAS mutation exhibited strong antiproliferative activity when treated with PHI-501.