Ribostamycin is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial, inhibits bacterial protein synthesis at the level of 30S and 50S ribosomal subunit binding, also inhibits the chaperone activity of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), used in pharmacokinetic and nephrotoxicity studies.

(R)-(4′-Hydroxy)-5,7-dihydroxy-4-chromanone, an antiangiogenic homoisoflavonoid, exhibits activity against human retinal microvascular endothelial cells.

Methyl nomilinate from citrus can modulate cell cycle regulators to induce cytotoxicity in human colon cancer (SW480) cells in vitro.