Etifoxine is an anxiolytic and anticonvulsant drug.?Unlike benzodiazepines, etifoxine appears to produce its anxiolytic effects by binding to β2 and β3 subunits of the GABAA receptor complex, and so is acting at a different target site to benzodiazepines, although the physiological effect that is produced is similar to that of benzodiazepines.

Aucubin is an iridoid glycoside with anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-algesic as well as anti-tumor activities.

Matairesinol has radical and superoxide scavenging activities; it also has anti-angiogenic activity by suppressing mROS signaling , can decrease hypoxia-inducible factor-1α± in hypoxic HeLa cells.