O-Desmethylangolensin, an intestinal bacterial metabolite of soybean sapogenins, possesses anticancer and antioxidant activities, and inhibits the proliferation of human breast cancer MCF-7 cells by inducing apoptosis and promoting cell cycle arrest.

Isovitexin an active component of many traditional Chinese medicines shows various activities such as anti-oxidant anti-inflammatory anti-alzheimer disease (AD) effects and so on.

Methyl-β-cyclodextrin, a cyclic heptasaccharide, is an effective agent for the depletion of cholesterol from cells; also inhibits PEL cell growth with an IC50 of 3.33-4.23 mM.