Hydroxy-Epsilon-Sanshool is an alkylamide isolated from Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Hydroxy-Epsilon-Sanshool produces key tingling and numbing chemosensates, and its content is important in determinant the pungency intensity of Zanthoxylum bungeanum.

ZX-J-19J, an inhibitor of Cyclophilin J (CyPJ), demonstrates remarkable inhibition of tumor cell growth, comparable to cyclosporine A but much stronger than 5-fluorouracil.

Alloferon 1 is an antiviral and antitumoral peptide. Alloferon 1 stimulates natural cytotoxicity of human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Alloferon 1 also induces IFN synthesis, and enhances antiviral and antitumor resistance in mice. Alloferon 1 also shows anti-inflammatory activity in λ-carrageenan-induced paw edema model. Alloferon 1 can be isolated from the blood of the blow fly Calliphora vicina (Diptera).