The product from reaction of samarium chloride hexahydrate with salicylic acid and thioproline, [Sm(C 7 H 5 O 3 ) 2 •(C 4 H 6 NO 2 S)]•2H 2 O (TSAS), was synthesized and characterized by IR, elemental analysis and thermogravimatric analysis. Particularly, the effect of the compounds TSAS, SmCl 3 •6H 2 O, C 7 H 6 O 3 and C 4 H 7 NO 2 S on the growth and metabolism of S. pombe by a TAM Air isothermal calorimeter at 32 ℃ is also reported. The thermokinetic parameters, which included the microbial growth rate constant (κ), inhibition ratio (I) and half inhibition concentration (IC 50 ), were obtained. The results showed that all the compounds TSAS, SmCl 3 •6H 2 O, C 7 H 6 O 3 and C 4 H 7 NO 2 S possessed the bi-directional biological effect and Hormesis effect. These stimulate the growth of the S. pombe at lower concentration, but inhibit the growth at higher concentration. The half inhibition concentrations (IC 50 ) of TSAS, SmCl 3 •6H 2 O, C 4 H 7 NO 2 S and C 7 H 6 O 3 were found to be 0.732, 0.746, 0.746 and 1.43 mmol•L -1 , respectively. The inhibition ability of these compounds on the growth of the S. pombe has been observed to decrease in the order TSAS>SmCl 3 •6H 2 O=C 4 H 7 NO 2 S>C 7 H 6 O 3 . Moreover, the effect of TSAS on the growth and cytokinesis of S. pombe was investigated by cytomorphology and FT IR spectroscopy technique. The results indicated that TSAS had a direct impact on apoptosis, and could also inhibit the cell growth by reducing cytokinesis and the binding locations of drug (TSAS) in S. pombe cells could be the proteins and nucleic acid.