Neoastilbin may have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, it shows potent inhibition of lens aldose reductase.

A small molecule inhibitor of MRN (Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1) pathway that inhibits Mre11-associated exonuclease activity.

Octadenol is a fatty alcohol present in human and is normally incorporated into plasmalogen lipids. Sjogren-Larsson syndrome is defined by the triad of ichthyosis mental retardation and spasticity and patients accumulate fatty alcohols such as Octadenol in the plasma and cultured fibroblasts.