2', 4', 6'-Trihydroxyacetophenone has antiobesity and hypolipidemic effects, may be partly mediated by delaying the intestinal absorption of dietary fat by inhibiting pancreatic lipase activity.

Bacoside A has a possible anticancer activity that could be inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis through Notch pathway in GBM in vitro.

Cipemastat (Ro 32-3555) is a potent, second-generation, orally active MMP inhibitor.