Byakangelicin is found in extracts of the root of Angelica dahurica, used in Korea and China as a traditional medicine to treat colds, headache and toothache, it can inhibit the effects of sex hormones, it may increase the catabolism of endogenous hormones, it induces cytochrome P450 3A4 expression via transactivation of pregnane X receptors in human hepatocytes. Byakangelicin is effective for the treatment of sugar cataracts and diabetic neuropathy in rats. Byakangelicin could as insecticides and insect antifeedant for the control of Lepidoptera and Homoptera showed a significant effect.

Isogambogenic acid inhibits angiogenesis and may be a viable drug candidate in anti-angiogenesis therapy. Isogambogenic acid exhibits an anticancer effect by inducing autophagy-dependent cell death in NSCLC cells, which may be an effective chemotherapeutic agent that can be used against NSCLC in a clinical setting.