Tomatidine shows antibiotic, and anti-inflammatory activities, it significantly suppresses the activity of ACAT and leads to reduction of atherogenesis. Tomatidine inhibits the invasion of A549 cells by reducing the expression of MMPs, also inhibits ERK and Akt signaling pathways and NF-κB activity, suggests a new therapeutic potential for Tomatidine in anti-metastatic therapy.

Rubrosterone is an insect-molting C19-steroid.

Tomatidine shows antibiotic, and anti-inflammatory activities, it significantly suppresses the activity of ACAT and leads to reduction of atherogenesis. Tomatidine inhibits the invasion of A549 cells by reducing the expression of MMPs, also inhibits ERK and Akt signaling pathways and NF-κB activity, suggests a new therapeutic potential for Tomatidine in anti-metastatic therapy. Tomatidine is a 3beta-hydroxy steroid resulting from the substitution of the 3beta-hydrogen of tomatidane by a hydroxy group. It is an azaspiro compound, a 3beta-hydroxy steroid and an oxaspiro compound. It is a conjugate base of a tomatidine(1+). It derives from a hydride of a tomatidane.

Turkesterone is a phytoecdysteroid possessing an 11alpha-hydroxyl group, also is an analogue of the insect steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone. It has immunomodulating and antistress activity, can increase the adaptation capacity of mice under immobilization-induced stress conditions.

25S-Inokosterone and 25R-inokosterone exhibit potent inhibition (80-95% at ) against TNF-expression levels in A23187 plus phorbol-myrisrate acetate-induced RBL-2H3 cells, they have excellent anti-atopy activity, thus they could be used to a large range of functional anti-atopy cosmetics. Inokosterone is a phytoecdysteroid, a 3beta-hydroxy steroid, a 26-hydroxy steroid, a 20-hydroxy steroid, a 2beta-hydroxy steroid, a 14alpha-hydroxy steroid, a 22-hydroxy steroid and a 6-oxo steroid.