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.

Berbamine hydrochloride and Ver block the calcium-induced contraction of depolarized pig coronary artery strips, indicate that it may competitively antagonize the action of calcium.

Psoralenoside is a narture product from Psoralea corylifolia.

1. Cratoxylone exhibits potent activity in vitro against Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine-resistant strain W2, with the IC₅₀ value belows 3 uM.

(-)-Asimilobine shows antioxidative, anti-acetylcholinesterase (AChE), anti-α-glucosidase, anti-leishmanial and anti-fungal activities; it displays weak inhibition against Streptococcus mutans (ATCC 25175), with a minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) of 0.25 mg/mL.

Evocarpine shows antimycobacterial, and vasorelaxant effects, it can inhibit Ca2+ influx through voltage-dependent calcium channels.

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.

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.

Yangambin is a selective antagonist of the cardiovascular effects of platelet activating factor (PAF); it has hypotensive effect, which is probably due to a peripheral vasodilatation that involves, at least, the inhibition the Ca2+ influx through voltage-gated Ca2+ channels. Yangambin has central nervous system activity, it presents a depressant activity in the open field, forced swimming and pentobarbital sleeping time tests.