FM1-43 is a highly lipophilic, water-soluble styrene dye that acts as an osmotic blocker of hair cell mechanical transducer channels and can be used to study neuropeptide granule dynamics and cytotoxicity.

Oxyphyllacinol has antidiarrheal activity.Oxyphyllacinol has been shown to treat dementia. Oxyphyllacinol was isolated from the S. nodiflora water fraction, while the S. nodiflora water fraction has been shown to have antioxidant and anti-aging activities, inducing mitochondrial activity and increasing ctt1 gene expression by regulating stress tolerance response.

Ekersenin is a natural product that can be isolated from Ekererbegia senegalensis.