Anhydroicaritin exhibits immunosuppressive effects and has strong activity in scavenging DPPH radical. Anhydroicaritin can improve diet-induced obesity and hyperlipidemia and alleviate insulin resistance by suppressing SREBPs activation, it can serve as a leading compound for pharmacological control of metabolic diseases. Anhydroicaritin has the potential of stimulating the formation of mineralization nodules and further speeding up the formation of bone, it possesses significant protective effects on the zymosan-induced peritonitis mice, which may be associated with the regulation ofCa2+, influx in macrophages and iNOS expression.

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.

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.