S-Methyl-L-cysteine is a natural product that acts as a substrate in the catalytic antioxidant system mediated by methionine sulfoxide reductase A (MSRA) with antioxidative neuroprotective and anti-obesity activities.

O-Desmethylangolensin, an intestinal bacterial metabolite of soybean sapogenins, possesses anticancer and antioxidant activities, and inhibits the proliferation of human breast cancer MCF-7 cells by inducing apoptosis and promoting cell cycle arrest.

Eburicoic acid exhibits anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity thereby protecting the liver from CCl4-induced hepatic damage and can be used in studies about anti-liver cancer.