Rhodionin and rhodionin can inhibit cytochrome P450 2D6 non-competitively with high specificity which could have implications for interactions with co-administered drugs; they can significantly suppress the elevation of the postprandial blood triglyceride level suggests that they may be to the treatment of lifestyle-related diseases such as hyperlipidemia and exogeneous obesity and to health foods.

Sparteine is a class 1a antiarrhythmic agent; a sodium channel blocker. It is an alkaloid and can be extracted from scotch broom.

Praeruptorin A could exhibit its anti-osteoclastogenic activity by inhibiting p38/Akt-c-Fos-NFATc1 signaling and PLCγ-independent Ca(2+) oscillation.