Cajanin has potential hypolipidemic effects,possibly via up-regulating the ABCA1 protein expression,subsequently resulting in increased macrophage cholesterol efflux and RCT, it can significantly improve basal glucose uptake in HepG2 cells, its improving effect is concentration dependent, it exhibits effects stronger than that of rosiglitazone, which has been used as an antidiabetic drug.

2-Decyltetradecanol (2-Decyl-1-tetradecanol) is an initiator for the synthesis of demulsifiers.

Neogambogic acid an active ingredient in garcinia can inhibit the growth of some solid tumors and result in an anticancer effect it may be responsible for the inhibition of proliferation of human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 cells.