4-Hydroxyisoleucine (4-Hydroxy-L-isoleucine) has antidepressant-like, antidyslipidemic, and antihyperglycemic effects. It displays an insulinotropic activity.

Gentianine is an effective Swertiamarin derivative, which has anti-diabetic, antipsychotic, anti-inflammatory, hypotensive, diuretic and other effects, and has the potential to be developed into a safe antihypertensive drug.

Aniline is the simplest aromatic amine, characterized by an amino group attached to a phenyl ring. Aniline is an industrially significant commodity chemical, as well as a versatile starting material for fine chemical synthesis, with its main use being in the manufacture of precursors to polyurethane, dyes, and other industrial chemicals; like most volatile amines, it has a distinctive and unpleasant odor of rotten fish, it ignites readily, burning with a smoky flame characteristic of aromatic compounds. Aniline is toxic to humans upon exposure.

Protodeltonin may have anti-thrombotic activity by both improving the anticoagulation activity and inhibiting platelet aggregation action. Protodeltonin can inhibit the proliferation of a panel of established human and murine cancer cell lines in vitro.