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.

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.