Lapathoside A and vanicoside B, inhibited the promotion stages on two-stage carcinogenesis induced by TPA.

Scutebarbatine B shows weak cytotoxicity with IC50 values ranging from 35.11 to 42.73 μM against K562 cell lines and HL60 cell lines.

6-Hydroxyindole is a reactant for asymmetrical synthesis of notoamide J as a potential biosynthetic precursor of prenylated indole alkaloids and for preparation of indoleoxyacetic acid derivatives as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonists.