Helichrysetin has mild anti-HIV-1 PR activity. Helichrysetin has great potentials for development as an anticancer agent, it has cytotoxic effect on four selected cancer cell lines, A549, MCF-7, Ca Ski, and HT-29.Searching for anti-HIV-1 protease (PR) inhibitors of Thai medicinal plants led to the isolation of a new cyclohexenyl chalcone named panduratin C and chalcone derivatives (2-6) from the methanol extract of Boesenbergia pandurata rhizomes.

TAT (48-57) is a cell-permeable peptide, derived from HIV-1 transactivator of transcription (Tat) protein residue 48-57.This peptide is amino acid residues 48 to 57 fragment of the basic domain of HIV Tat.

Isoastragaloside II is a derivative Astragaloside I, an ingredient in Astragalus membranaceus which is reported to have osteogenic properties.