Hellebrigenin has anti-hepatoma activities, it induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells through inhibition of Akt.

Combretol has leishmanicidal activity, it showed moderate activity (growth inhibition 87.3 and 73.0 %, respectively, at 50 μM) against a multidrug-resistant L. tropica line. Combretol also shows weakly active cytotoxic activity.

鱼藤诺酮是鱼藤酮的代谢产物，鱼藤酮是源自鱼藤属和长果属植物的天然化合物。