Osteostatin, a fragment of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) 107-111, promotes bone repair in animal models of bone defects and prevents bone erosion in inflammatory arthritis, inhibits collagen-induced arthritis and inhibits osteoclastic bone resorption directly. Osteostatin can be used for inflammation and immunology research.

Benzofuroxan is a chemical compound.

8-Epidiosbulbin E acetate (EEA) a furanoid was unexpectedly found to be the most abundant diterpenoid lactone in certain varieties of Dioscorea bulbifera L. (DB) a traditional herbal medicine widely used in Asian nations.