Tachyplesin I is a β-hairpin antimicrobial peptide that contains 17 amino acid residues. Tachyplesin I exhibits cytotoxic properties against various human tumor cell lines acting primarily by impairing the integrity of the outer cell membrane.

Baohuoside I is a component of Epimedium koreanum, exhibits anti-inflammatory activity and anti-osteoporosis activities.

N tau-methylhistamine is one of the histamine metabolites. N tau-methylhistamine in plasma and urine is a good parameter for histamine release and the determination of this histamine metabolite is generally less hampered by possible artifacts (due to basophil disrupture a very short half-life time or bacterial production) than determinations of histamine itself.