β-Endorphin (1-27) (human) is an opioid antagonist that binds μ-, δ-, and κ-opioid receptors with Kis of 5.31, 6.17, and 39.82 nM, respectively. β-Endorphin (1-27) (human) inhibits β-Endorphin-induced and etorphine-induced analgesia.

1,4-Anthraquinone is an anticancer drug that blocks nucleoside transport, inhibits macromolecule synthesis, induces DNA fragmentation.

Pinostrobin chalcone, a chalcone analog isolated from the leguminous plant, Mucuna pruriens, exhibits anticancer activity with an IC50 value of 20.42±2.23 μg/mL against MDA-MB-231 and 22.51±0.42 μg/mL against the HT-29 colon cancer cell line.