Antimicrobial compositions comprising a benzoic acid analog and a metal salt.

Alpinumisoflavone has atheroprotective effects, may result from their ability to upregulate mechanisms promoting HDL-cholesterol and bile acid formation, it is endowed with estrogenic properties accounting, at least in part, for E. lysistemon effects.

Iopanoic acid is an iodine-containing radiocontrast medium used in cholecystography.