Dextrothyroxine could lower cholesterol and also increases hepatic lipase which in turn improves utilization of triglycerides, leading to improve apolipoprotein E cholesterol particles.

Zanthobungeanine has anti-inflammatory activity, it shows moderate NO production inhibitory activity with an IC50 value of 37.26 mg /L.It shows obviously inhibitoryactivity to platelet aggregation caused by platelet-activating factor (PAF). Zanthobungeanine shows the inhibitory action on the development of A549 cell only in high concentration and has no antipersonnel effect on A549 cell.

Astragaloside A (Astragaloside IV) is the primary pure saponin isolated from Astragalus membranaceus, which has been widely used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.