Betanin is a natural red-violet food dye obtained from beets.

Gracillin can induce cell cycle arrest, oxidative stress, and apoptosis in HL60 cells, and has the potential to be developed as an antitumor agent.

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.