Norsanguinarine has antifungal activity, it exhibits 100 % inhibition of A. brassicicola and C. maculans at 1000 ppm whereas. It shows significant cytotoxic activities (ED (50) values < 4 microg/ml) against P-388, KB16, A549, and HT-29 cell lines.

Imupedone (LF 1695) is a synthetic immunomodulator that modulates T lymphocytes and macrophages, induces T-cell differentiation of bone marrow precursor cells, and increases the proliferative response of lymphocytes to mitogens, antigens, and allogeneic cells.=

Butylphthalide is an anti-cerebral-ischemia drug; first isolated from the seeds of Apium graveolens Linn.