Cyanidin-3-O-arabinoside chloride has antioxidant activity. It reduces the peroxynitrite-induced suppression of mitochondrial respiration, DNA damage, PARS activation and vascular dysfunction in HUVECs.

SXC 2023 ((S)-2-acetamido-3-(4-methylbenzoylthio)propanoic acid) is a therapeutic prodrug of N-acetyl-L-cysteine for the treatment of CNS disorders and neurocognitive disorders, and can be used to treat glutamatergic dysfunction and psychiatric disorders in which oxidative stress plays a key role.

(-)-5-Epilithospermoside is proposed as a potential marker of botanical origin for phacelia honey.