Inulicin is a terpene lactone.

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.

Dehydroandrographolide succinate can alleviate oxidative stress in LPS-induced acute lung injury possibly by inactivating iNOS. It combined with ribavirin treatedchildren with hand-foodand mouth disease,the duration of fever was shorter,rashes on hands and feet more quickyly.

Orthosphenic acid is a tricyclic diterpenoid having formula C30H48O5, originally isolated from the bark of Tripterygium wilfordii. It is a diol, a hydroxy monocarboxylic acid, a cyclic hemiketal and a hexacyclic triterpenoid. It derives from a hydride of a friedelane.

artemisinic acid is a monocarboxylic acid that is prop-2-enoic acid which is substituted at position 2 by a 4,7-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,8a-octahydronaphthalen-1-yl group (the 1S,4R,4aS,8aR diastereoisomer). It is a sesquiterpenoid precursor of artemisinin, obtained from sweet wormwood, Artemisia annua. It has a role as a metabolite. It is a member of octahydronaphthalenes, a monocarboxylic acid, a sesquiterpenoid and a carbobicyclic compound. Artemisinic acid (Qing Hao acid) is a sesquiterpene that can be isolated from Artemisia annua L. and is also an important precursor for the synthesis of Artemisinin (HY-B0094). Artemisinic acid has various pharmacological activities, such as anti malarial activity, anti-tumor activity, antipyretic effect, antibacterial activity, allelopathic effect, and anti adipogenic effect.

Seneciphylline N-oxide is a tertiary amine oxide, a tertiary alcohol, an organic heterotricyclic compound, a pyrrolizine alkaloid, a macrocyclic lactone and an olefinic compound. It has a role as a Jacobaea metabolite. It is functionally related to a seneciphylline. Seneciphylline N-oxide and senecionine N-oxide are probably tumorigenic due to their potential conversion into seneciphylline and senecionine via metabolic reduction in the body.

Tripterifordin shows anti-HIV replication activity in H9 lymphocyte cells with an EC50 of 1 microgram/ml.

Acitretin has immunomodulatory effect, and low dose acitretin therapy is safe, well tolerated and partially effective in chemoprophylaxis of skin cancer in renal transplant recipients, it for chemoprevention of non-melanoma skin cancers in renal transplant recipients. Acitretin dramatically improves the results of UV-B treatment in patients with severe psoriasis and it markedly decreases the effective cumulative UV-B dose. Acitretin in the treatment of severe lichen sclerosus et atrophicus of the vulva. Acitretin therapy is effective for psoriasis associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection. All-trans-acitretin is a retinoid, an acitretin and an alpha,beta-unsaturated monocarboxylic acid. It has a role as a keratolytic drug.