Caesappanin C exhibits a proliferation stimulating activity against primary osteoblastic cells.

Kushenol E exhibits significant antioxidant potentials in the ABTS, ONOO(-), and total ROS assays.

3-Butylidenephthalide is an isobenzofuranone. 3-Butylidenephthalide has antihyperglycemic effect is due to inhibition of α-glucosidase at the intestinal level, inhibited the activity of yeast-α-glucosidase (IC(50) 2.35 mM) in a noncompetitive fashion with a K(i) of 4.86 mM. It can induce a dose-dependent antinociceptive action in the hot-plate assay, it is also effective for controlling the pain provoked by chemical irritation at the doses of 10 and 31.6 mg/kg. 3-Butylidenephthalide is a phthalic anhydride derivative identified from Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort, with insecticidal activity (LC50 value of 1.56 mg/g for Spodoptera litura larvae).

3',6-Disinapoyl sucrose is a hydroxycinnamic acid.

Coptisine is an efficient uncompetitive IDO inhibitor with a Ki value of 5.8 μM and an IC50 value of 6.3 μM, it can consequently prevent neuron loss, reduce amyloid plaque formation, and ameliorate impaired cognition, it could as a potential new class of drugs for AD treatment. Coptisine has cardioprotection, anti- hypercholesterolemia, anti-fungal, anti-osteosarcoma, anti-hepatoma and anti-leukaemia activities, it also has antispasmodic and relaxant activity on a guinea-pig ileum. Coptisine is a natural product found in Coptis japonica. It has a role as a metabolite.

The sibiricosee A1, the sibiricose A5 and the tenuifoliside A have a better treatment function for tristimania caused by various reasons the sibiricose A5 and the tenuifoliside A have a certain protecting function for PC 12 cells damaged by glutamic acid and the sibiricosee A1, the sibiricose A5 and the tenuifoliside A all can shorten the tail-hanging resting time and the swim resting time of a mouse.

Coptisine is an isoquinoline alkaloid isolated from Coptidis Rhizoma with anti-diabetic, antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-hepatoma, and anti-leukemia effects. Coptisine protects rat heart against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by suppressing myocardial apoptosis and inflammation. Coptisine chloride can be absorbed across intestinal epithelial cells, and completely absorbed compounds.

Entadamide A is a N-acylethanolamine.

Palmatine shows significant antidepressant-like, anti-hyperlipidemia, hepatoprotective, and antioxidant effects, it inhibited MAO-A, I(K) and I(CRAC) activity, and activated the AhR-CYP1A pathway. Palmatine shows the strong toxic action on T. thermophila BF5 growth, it is toxic to insects and vertebrates and inhibited the multiplication of bacteria, fungi and viruses, it is active at the alpha 2-receptor ( IC50 of 956 nM). Palmatine is a berberine alkaloid and an organic heterotetracyclic compound. It has a role as a plant metabolite.

Polygalasaponin F possesses anxiolytic and sedative-hypnotic activities, and has cognition improving and cerebral protective effects. Polygalasaponin F can inhibit the release of inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and NO induced by lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and reduce the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthases. Polygalasaponin F can induce long-term potentiation in hippocampal dentate gyrus in anesthetized rats via NMDAR activation mediated by Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent kinase II, extracellular signal-regulated kinase and cAMP response element-binding protein signaling pathway.