Aralosides possess protective effect against experimental myocardial ischemia and infarction, the mechanism of myocardial protection may be attributed to the amelioration of FFA metabolic deterioration and membrane peroxidation induced by oxygen free radicals. Aralosides have anti-inflammatory effect, they also can effectively prevent acute alcoholic liver injury.

Lobetyolinin exhibits DPPH radical scavenging activity.

Salvianolic acid B is a member of the class of 1-benzofurans that is an antioxidant and free radical scavenging compound extracted from S. miltiorrhiza. It has a role as an antioxidant, an antidepressant, a hypoglycemic agent, an antineoplastic agent, a hepatoprotective agent, an osteogenesis regulator, a neuroprotective agent, an anti-inflammatory agent, an apoptosis inducer, a plant metabolite, a cardioprotective agent and an autophagy inhibitor. Salvianolic acid B is a bioactive compound isolated from the Chinese medicinal herb Danshen, which is used for treating neoplastic and chronic inflammatory diseases in China, it shows a protective action against the ischemia-reperfusion induced injury in rat brain. It inhibited the expression of COX,ERK,TNF-α, NO.

Ganoderic acid GS-1 is a triterpenoid.