Salusin-α is an endogenous bioactive peptide with hemodynamic and cell proliferation activities. Salusin-α can stimulate the proliferation of quiescent vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and fibroblasts, leading to a rapid and significant decrease in blood pressure and heart rate, but its effect is weaker than that of Salusin-β . Salusin-α has potential application value in cardiovascular disease research.

Alizarin Red S sodium (ARS sodium) is an anthraquinone dye. Which has been widely used to evaluate calcium deposits in cell culture.

Arctiin(NSC 315527), a plant lignan that can be extracted from the Arctium lappa (burdock) seeds, is a possible environmental endocrine disruptor compound and have been shown to influence sex hormone metabolism as well as protein synthesis, steroid biosynthesis.