Pellitorine is a potential larvicide with a specific target site and a lead molecule for the control of mosquito populations, it also shows antiprotozoal activity against Plasmodium falciparum (IC50 = 3.3 ug/mL). Pellitorine shows potent antiplatelet aggregation activity, it can suppress expression of inducible NO synthase and cyclooxygenase-2. Pellitorine also shows strong cytotoxic activities against HL60 and MCT-7 cell lines. Pellitorine is a fatty amide. It has a role as a metabolite.

N-Methylcytisine's nicotinic receptors have high affinity (KD = 50 nM)to nAChR from squid optical ganglia, N-methylcytisine is a selective ligand of nicotinic receptors of acetylcholine in the central nervous system. (−)-N-methylcytisine and (−)-anagyrine have nematicidal activity against pine wood nematodes.

Dihydroartemisinin is widely used as an intermediate in the preparation of other artemisinin-derived antimalarial drugs, recommended as the first-line anti-malarial drug with low toxicity. Dihydroartemisinin has anticancer activity, it inhibited cell proliferation via AKT/GSK3β/cyclinD1/ERK pathway and induced apoptosis is associated with inhibition of Sarco/Endoplasmic reticulum Calcium ATPase activity in colorectal cancer.

Febrifugine is an effective coccidiostat, possesses schizonticide props; it and its derivatives shows high degree of antimalarial activity but use limited by toxicity .

Arteannuin B and artemisinic acid are biogenetic precursors of artemisinin, an important antimalarial produced by the herb Artemisia annua, they are active against different bacteria and certain fungal species. Arteannuin B has potential antimalarialand antitumor activity.

Bevirimat is a pentacyclic triterpenoid obtained by the formal condensation of 2,2-dimethylsuccinic acid with the 3-hydroxy group of betulinic acid. It is isolated from the Chinese herb Syzygium claviflorum. The first in the class of HIV-1 maturation inhibitors to be studied in humans, bevirimat was identified as a potent HIV drug candidate and several clinical trials were conducted, but development into a new drug was plagued by numerous resistance-related problems.

Aloperine has antitumor effects , it can suppress the tumor growth and promote cell apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in PCa cells. It attenuates hydrogen peroxide-induced injury via anti-apoptotic activity and suppression of the nuclear factor-κB signaling pathway. Aloperine exhibits neuroprotective effects against oxidative stress in vitro, it can ameliorate oxidative damage against early brain injury following subarachnoid hemorrhage , most likely via the Nrf2-ARE survival pathway. Aloperine exerts significant inhibitive effects on acute inflammation and Type III and IV hypersensitivity caused by a variety of inflammatory agents. It protects mice against bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by attenuating fibroblast proliferation and differentiation.

Some of carabrone derivatives exhibit antifungal activities in vitro or in vivo, the compounds with a pyridinyl residue can either efficiently inhibit spore germination or efficiently inhibit hyphal growth of B. cinerea.

Mitraphylline has antiproliferative effects on human glioma and neuroblastoma cell lines. It also has anti-inflammatory activity, it inhibits lipopolysaccharide-mediated activation of primary human neutrophils.

Moluccanin exhibits anti-bacterial and antiviral activities.