Menisdaurin is a cyanogenic glycoside natural product isolated from the plant species Flueggea virosa, and its purported anti-viral pharmacological activities have been analytically characterized and quantified through an ultra-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detection (UPLC-PDA) method.

Securinol A (Virosine B) is an alkaloid isolated from Securinega suffruticosa Rehd, with potential antimicrobial activity.

Glochidonol exhibits strong inhibitory effects against three human tumor cell lines, MCF-7, NCI-H-460 and SF-268, the GI(50) values of 9.0 +/- 3.7, 4.9 +/- 0.2 and 9.8 +/- 0.5, respectively; it also exerts its antiproliferative activity through the involv

2,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid is a functional moiety in the toxin molecule and the biological action of spider toxin is explained by direct interaction with an Fe-S center which is known to play an important role for the glutamate binding.