5-Hydroxy-3-(4-hydroxybenzyl)-7-methoxychroman-4-one is a natural product of Agave, Amaryllidaceae. 5-Hydroxy-3-(4-hydroxybenzyl)-7-methoxychroman-4-one can be used as a reference standard.

Conduritol A has a hypoglycemic effect, can have an effect on regulating the metabolism of blood lipid, free-radical scavenging, enhancing the antioxidant ability, potentiating immune function; it also can markedly prevent the diabetic rats from getting cataracts through the inhibition of lens aldose reductase.

β-amyloid (15-21) is a fragment of Amyloid-β peptide, maybe used in the research of neurological disease. This fragment is involved in beta sheet formation.