p-Hydroxyphenethyl anisate, a natural product from Notopterygium forbe-siiBoiss, is a novel polymeric sustained-release material that, after block copolymerization with AAPBA, produces nanoparticles with good pH sensitivity, glucose sensitivity, insulin loading rate, and stability.

4-PQBH is a potent Nur77-binding agent with antitumour activity.

Wilfordine is an insecticidally active alkaloid, Na+-K+-ATPase may be an acting target of wilfordine against some larvae of insect.