Tessaric acid has antifeedant and allelochemical effects. Tessaric acid derivatives induce G/M cell cycle arrest in human solid tumor cell lines.

Nardoaristolone B, a nor-sesquiterpenoid with an unusual fused ring system and having protective effects on the injury of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes.

Grossamide possesses potential anti-inflammatory effects, it also has potential anti-neuroinflammatory effects against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory response in BV2 microglia cells. Cis-Grossamide K exerts a particularly strong anti-melanogenic activity on the cells without high cell toxicity.