β-Casomorphin Fragment 1-5 (BCM5), an opioid receptor agonist, is a member of the β-casomorphin peptide family derived from β-casein. β-casomorphins are used to study their differential effects on processes such as hyperglycemia, oxidative stress, opioid signalling and immunosuppression.

Xylopentaose consists of five b-14 xylose sugars.

Alpinumisoflavone has atheroprotective effects, may result from their ability to upregulate mechanisms promoting HDL-cholesterol and bile acid formation, it is endowed with estrogenic properties accounting, at least in part, for E. lysistemon effects.