Isoorientin-7-O-[6-sinapoyl]-glucoside is a phenolic compound that can be isolated from the leaves of barley.

Ribothymidine is an endogenous methylated nucleoside found in human fluids; methylated purine bases are present in higher amounts in tumor-bearing patients compared to healthy controls.DNA hypermethylation is a common finding in malignant cells and has been explored as a therapeutic target for hypomethylating agents.

Artanin displays promising inhibition against both MSSA and MRSA with minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 8-64 ug/ml, but very weak against Gram-negative pathogen and yeast with MICs of 256 to ≥1024 ug/ml.