p-Coumaryl alcohol is an antioxidant that can be isolated from Alpinia officinarum Hance. p-Coumaryl alcohol has inhibitory effect during the autoxidation of methyl linoleate.

Tibesaikosaponin V (TKV) is a triterpene diglycoside, which can be isolated from the methanol extract of the roots of Bupleurum chinense DC.. Tibesaikosaponin V inhibits lipid accumulation and triacylglycerol content occurred without cytotoxicity to adipocytes. Tibesaikosaponin V suppresses the mRNA expression of nuclear transcription factors, such as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and CCAAT/enhancer binding protein α (C/EBPα). Tibesaikosaponin V inhibits 3T3-L1 preadipocyte differentiation. Tibesaikosaponin V can be used fro research of obesity and its associated metabolic disorders.

Rhein-8-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside(Rhein-8-glucoside calcium salt) shows moderate bioactivity against human Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (hPTP1B) in vitro.