Continentalic acid and kaurenoic acid are quality control markers in Aralia continentalis. Continentalic acid has anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and anti-bacterial activities, it shows moderate cytotoxicity against A-549 (lung), THP-1 (leukemia) and MCF-7 (breast) cell lines; it has minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of approximately 8-16 microg/mL against S. aureus, including the MSSA and MRSA standard strains.

Isobavachromene is an inhibitor of NADH-Ubiquinone oxidoreductase and ornithine decarboxylase. Isobavachromene has antifungal activity.

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.

3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoic acid is a benzoic acid derivative carrying 3-, 4- and 5-methoxy substituents. It has a role as a plant metabolite, a human xenobiotic metabolite and a human urinary metabolite. It is a member of benzoic acids and a member of methoxybenzenes. It is functionally related to a benzoic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate.

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.