Goitrin is a potent antithyroid compound, it is a moderate inhibitor of purified bovine adrenal dopamine beta-hydroxylase,leads to a depression of brain norepinephrine and to an elevation of heart and adrenal dopamine. Goitrin is responsible for the induction of glutathione S-transferases. 5-ethenyl-1,3-oxazolidine-2-thione is a member of the class of oxazolidines that is 1,3-oxazolidine substituted by sulfanylidene and ethenyl groups at positions 2 and 5, respectively. It is a member of oxazolidines and an olefinic compound.

Tectoridin, an lens aldose reductase inhibitor, has several pharmacological effects including hypoglycemic, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and hepatoprotectivy. It possesses a estrogenic and thyroid hormone-like agent by activating estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors, it also has inhibition on prostaglandin E2 production and cyclooxygenase-2 induction. Tectoridin is a glycosyloxyisoflavone that is tectorigenin substituted by a beta-D-glucopyranosyl residue at position 7 via a glycosidic linkage. It has a role as a plant metabolite. It is a 7-hydroxyisoflavones 7-O-beta-D-glucoside, a hydroxyisoflavone, a methoxyisoflavone and a monosaccharide derivative. It is functionally related to a tectorigenin.