Cottonseed oil, a cooking oil extracted from the seeds of cotton plants, has been considered the most insecticidal of vegetable oils.

Pinostrobin chalcone, a chalcone analog isolated from the leguminous plant, Mucuna pruriens, exhibits anticancer activity with an IC50 value of 20.42±2.23 μg/mL against MDA-MB-231 and 22.51±0.42 μg/mL against the HT-29 colon cancer cell line.

10-O-trans-p-coumaroylscandoside,posseses Antioxidant activities and vasodilator effects.