5-IAF is a fluorescein derivative of indoleacetamide, a fluorescent probe that can be used to label proteins and others containing free thiols (cysteine side chains).

Anisindione is a synthetic anticoagulant and an indanedione derivative.?It prevents the formation of active procoagulation factors II, VII, IX, and X, as well as the anticoagulant proteins C and S, in the liver by inhibiting the vitamin K–mediated gamma-carboxylation of precursor proteins.

Osthole, a potential inhibitor of histamine H1 receptor, has been shown to stimulate osteoblast proliferation and differentiation.