Vestitol is a phytoalexin with insect feeding-deterrent activity, it has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities, it can inhibit neutrophil migration at a dose of 10 mg/kg, and shows MICs ranging from 25-50 to 50-100 ug/mL and MBCs ranging from 25-50 to 50-100 ug/mL.

2''-Galloylhyperin found in Pyrola. It increases ruminal fiber fermentability by formed wall-bound lignin in primary maize cell walls.

Trimethylamine N-oxide dihydrate a product of the oxidation of trimethylamine is considered as a protein stabilizer that may serve to counteract urea the major osmolyte of sharks skates and rays.