Butylphthalide is an anti-cerebral-ischemia drug; first isolated from the seeds of Apium graveolens Linn.

Trimethylamine is a product of decomposition of plants and animals. It is the substance mainly responsible for the fishy odor often associated with fouling fish bacterial vagina infections and bad breath. It is also associated with taking large doses of choline.

Danshenxinkun A, Danshenxinkun B and Neocryptotanshinone may intervene thrombotic diseases by adjusting the targets mainly involved in pathways of endocrine system, signal transduction, signaling molecules and interaction, cell motility, environmental adaptation and nervous system.