Steppogenin exhibits significant tyrosinase inhibition activity, ;it also shows strong mushroom tyrosinase inhibitory activity with IC(50) values lower than 50 microM, more potent than kojic acid (IC(50) = 71.6 microM), a well-known tyrosinase inhibitor.

Xenin is a 25 amino acid peptide that has been identified in human gastric mucosa in the search for a counterpart to the amphibian octapeptide xenopsin.

Diminazene, also known as Diminazine, 4,4’-(Diazoamino)benzamidine, 4,4’-(1-Triazene-1,3-diyl)bis-benzenecarboximidamide, Diminazine aceturate, or Diminazene aceturate, is a trypanocidal agent.