Lucidin primeveroside (Lucidin 3-O-primeveroside) is a natural product isolated from the root powder of akane (Rubia akane) and can be used as a coloring agent and a food pigment. Lucidin primeveroside can be metabolically converted to genotoxic compound Lucidin in mice.
2-Amino-3-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone is an electron transfer mediator that can alter glucose metabolism in homofermentative lactic acid bacteria. It also serves as a novel growth stimulator for bifidobacteria, influencing their end-product profile through the mediated oxidation of NAD(P)H.
Furomollugin has antiviral activity, it can strongly suppress the secretion of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), with IC50 = 2.0 micrograms mL, in human hepatoma Hep3B cells.