Ligucyperonol exhibits significant activities on protecting muscle cells from mild to moderate oxidative stress.

Manzamine A, an orally active beta-carboline alkaloid, inhibits specifically GSK-3β and CDK-5 with IC50s of 10.2 μM and 1.5 μM, respectively. Manzamine A targets vacuolar ATPases and inhibits autophagy in pancreatic cancer cells. Manzamine A has antimalarial and anticancer activities. Manzamine A also shows potent activity against HSV-1.

Madecassoside is a pentacyclic triterpene extracted from Centella asitica (L.) with anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative and anti-aging activities.