Soyasapogenol A shows estrogenic and hepatoprotective activities, it directly prevents apoptosis of hepatocytes, and secondly, inhibits the elevation of plasma TNF-α±, which consequently resulted in the prevention of liver damage in the concanavalin A-induced hepatitis model.

Deoxyvasicinone derivatives can be considered as promising lead molecules for the development of more potent inhibitors of NEDD8-activating enzyme.

Picrotin is an inhibitor of glycine receptors. Picrotin blocks α2 GlyR, α1 GlyR, and α3 GlyR and can be used in studies about neurotransmission.