Cajanin has potential hypolipidemic effects,possibly via up-regulating the ABCA1 protein expression,subsequently resulting in increased macrophage cholesterol efflux and RCT, it can significantly improve basal glucose uptake in HepG2 cells, its improving effect is concentration dependent, it exhibits effects stronger than that of rosiglitazone, which has been used as an antidiabetic drug.

1-Ethoxycarbonyl-β-carboline is a natural product for research related to life sciences.

Agarotetrol is a chromone derivative isolated from Agarwood.