Anthrone is an organic compound commonly used as a dye and intermediate. It can be used to make products such as pigments, dyes and fluorescent whitening agents, and is widely used in certain industrial production fields such as textile manufacturing, soap making and paper making. In addition, this compound is also used as a reagent and catalyst in some organic synthesis reactions.

Atractylodinol, an antimicrobial, is a PRRSV (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus) inhibitor. Atractylodinol inhibits TGF-β receptor I recycling by binding to vimentin (KD of 454 nM) and inducing the formation of filamentous aggregates.

LOC14 to be the most potent PDI inhibitor reported to date( EC50 : 500 nM).