Campesterol is a plant sterol with cholesterol lowering and anticarcinogenic effects, it and other plant sterols often decrease LDL cholesterol levels overall. Campesterol has anti-inflammatory effect, it inhibits several pro-inflammatory and matrix degradation mediators typically involved in osteoarthritis- induced cartilage degradation, also sometimes used to treat some specific prostate conditions. Campesterol is a 3beta-hydroxy-Delta(5)-steroid, a C28-steroid, a member of phytosterols and a 3beta-sterol. It has a role as a mouse metabolite. It derives from a hydride of a campestane.

Marein shows neuroprotective effect on PC12 cell damage induced by methylglyoxal, which is due to a reduction of damage to mitochondria function and activation of the AMPK signal pathway, it may be a potent compound for preventing/counteracting diabetic encephalopathy. Marein can improve insulin resistance induced by high glucose in HepG2 cells through CaMKK/AMPK/GLUT1 to promote glucose uptake, through IRS/Akt/GSK-3β to increase glycogen synthesis, and through Akt/FoxO1 to decrease gluconeogenesis. Marein shows antioxidant activity, it shows Histone deacetylase enzymes (HDACs) inhibitory activity and it also can inhibit TNFα-induced NF-κB activation.

Tilianin has anti-inflammatory, antiatherogenic, antihypertensive and vasorelaxant activities, mediates relaxation and antihypertension mainly by an endothelium-dependent manner, probably due to NO release, and also through an endothelium-independent pathway by opening K+ channels. Tilianin inhibits the tumor necrotic factor-K (TNF-K)-induced expression of VCAM-1 by 74% and reduces TNF-K-induced activation of nuclear factor-UB in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs).

Geniposidic acid is an effective anticancer and radioprotection agent, used to treat inflammation, jaundice and hepatic disorders. It has anti-atherosclerotic effects, can protect vascular endothelium and reverse plaque formation in an atherosclerotic model. Geniposidic acid has effects on the expression of MRP2 and BSEP in BRL-3A cells after FXR gene silencing mediated by si RNA.

Zymosterol is a 3beta-sterol and a cholestanoid. It has a role as a mouse metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite and a human metabolite. It derives from a hydride of a 5alpha-cholestane.

Ergosta-5,7-dien-3beta-ol is a phytosterol consiting of ergostane having double bonds at the 5,6- and 7,8-positions as well as a 3beta-hydroxy group. It is a member of phytosterols, a 3beta-sterol and an ergostanoid. It derives from a hydride of a 5alpha-ergostane.

Cafestol has anticarcinogenic, peripheral antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities, it inhibits Cyclic-Strain-induced interleukin-8, intercellular adhesion molecule-1, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 production in vascular endothelial cells. Cafestol is a novel extracellular signal-regulated kinase inhibitor with AP-1-targeted inhibition of prostaglandin E2 production in lipopolysaccharide-activated macrophages. Cafestol acts as an agonist ligand for both FXR and PXR, and this may contribute to its impact on cholesterol homeostasis. Cafestol has protective effects against the CCl(4)-induced hepatotoxicity, which possibly involve mechanisms related to its ability to block the CYP2E1-mediated CCl(4) bioactivation and free radical scavenging effects. Cafestol has antidiabetic activity, it increases glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in vitro and increases glucose uptake in human skeletal muscle cells. Cafestol also has a weak inhibitory effect on osteoclastogenesis and promotes osteoblast differentiation. Cafestol is an organic heteropentacyclic compound and furan diterpenoid with formula C20H28O3 obtained from the unsaponifiable fraction of coffee oil (a lipid fraction obtained from coffee beans by organic solvent extraction). It has a role as an antioxidant, a hypoglycemic agent, an antineoplastic agent, an angiogenesis inhibitor, an anti-inflammatory agent, an apoptosis inducer and a plant metabolite.

(+)-GR24 is a (3E)-3-{[(4-methyl-5-oxo-2,5-dihydrofuran-2-yl)oxy]methylidene}-3,3a,4,8b-tetrahydro-2H-indeno[1,2-b]furan-2-one that has (3E,3aR,8bS) configuration in the indenofuranone moiety and R at the chiral centre in the furanone ring. It is a synthetic strigolactone and a (3E)-3-{[(4-methyl-5-oxo-2,5-dihydrofuran-2-yl)oxy]methylidene}-3,3a,4,8b-tetrahydro-2H-indeno[1,2-b]furan-2-one. It is an enantiomer of a (-)-GR24.

Momilactone A is a pimarane diterpenoid and a diterpene lactone.

Dehydroeburicoic acid induces necrotic cell death that involves Ca(2+) overload, mitochondrial dysfunction, and calpain activation in human glioblastomas. Dehydroeburicoic acid and Eburicoic acid have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities by the decrease of inflammatory cytokines and an increase of antioxidant enzyme activity, can protect the liver from CCl4-induced hepatic damage.

Actein is a triterpenoid. It has a role as a metabolite. Actein has a stimulatory effect on osteoblastic bone formation or has potential activity against osteoporosis, it also can prevent oxidative damage to osteoblasts in osteoporotic patients. Actein's ability to pathways involved in lipid disorders and carcinogenesis may make it a new agent for preventing and treating these major disorders, it has been shown to inhibit the proliferation of human breast cancer cells, by altering the activity of the ER IP3 receptor and Na,K-ATPase, inducing calcium release and modulating the NF-κB and MEK pathways. Actein is a triterpenoid glycoside isolated from the rhizome of Cimicifuga foetida, which has the effect of inhibiting cancer cells. Actein inhibits cell proliferation, induces autophagy and apoptosis by promoting ROS/JNK activation and inactivating AKT pathway in bladder cancer. Actein has almost no toxicity in the body

Neoandrographolide has antiradical, anti-inflammatory,and hypolipidemic effects, it protects the cardiovascular without significant liver damage. Neoandrographolide as chemosensitizer in S-Jurkat and X chromosome-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP)-overexpressing Jurkat cells, a model for chemoresistance.Neoandrographolide inhibits iNOS and COX-2 expression through inhibiting p38 MAPKs activation.

Nelumol A, and nelumal A show a potency comparable to the endogenous ligand, they may as a valuable potential novel lead compound in the search for FXR agonists.

Alisol C can improve glucose uptake in Hep G2 cells, it may be one of the therapeutic material basis in hypoglycemic activities in A. orientalis. Alisol C,16,23-oxido-alisol B and alisol O in Zexie may cause nephrotoxicity.