Rosmariquinone showed inhibitory effect on PL(pro) and 3CLpro with IC50 values of 30μM and 21.1μM, respectively.

Salvianolic acid A, a natural product isolated and purified from the root of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. with antioxidant and protective activity, significantly improves glucose metabolism and inhibit oxidative injury as well as protect against impaired vascular responsiveness in STZ-induced diabetic rats, inhibits platelet activation via the inhibition of PI3K, and attenuates arterial thrombus formation in vivo, suggesting that it may be developed as a therapeutic agent for the prevention of thrombotic disorders. Salvianolic acid A is also a matrix metalloproteinase-9 inhibitor, can prevents cardiac remodeling in spontaneously hypertensive rats, and inhibits PDGF-BB-activated HSC proliferation, partially through apoptosis induction while exerting no direct cytotoxicity on primary hepatocytes and HSC-T6 cells under experimental concentrations.

Dihydrotanshinone I, a natural product isolated and purified from the roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge., exhibits dose-dependent inhibition towards HLM-catalyzed propofol glucuronidation. Dihydrotanshinone I showed inhibitory effect on PL(pro) with IC50 value of 4.9μM and less inhibitory effect on 3CLpro with IC50 value of 14.4μM.

Homoplantaginin, a main flavonoid from a traditional Chinese medicine Salvia plebeia, has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. Homoplantaginin could inhibit TNF-α and IL-6 mRNA expression, IKKβ and NF-κB phosphorylation. Homoplantaginin ameliorates endothelial insulin resistance by inhibiting inflammation and modulating cell signalling via the IKKβ/IRS-1/pAkt/peNOS pathway.

Nepitrin is isolated from salvia plebeia R.Br. with antioxidant activity.

9'''-MethyllithospermateB is purifed from the roots of salvia bowleyana.

1,8-Dihydroxyanthraquinone is a synthetic anthraquinone derivative, currently used as an antioxidant in synthetic lubricants, in the synthesis of antitumor agents, as a fungicide and as an intermediate for making dyes.

Przewaquinone A is a natural product isolated and purified from the roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza with antitumor activity.

Tanshinone IIB (TSB), a natural product isolated and purified from the roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza, can significantly inhibit the DNA laddering, cytotoxicity and apoptosis of rat cortical neurons induced by staurosporine in a concentration-dependent manner. Tanshinone IIB showed inhibitory effect on PL(pro) with IC50 value of 10.7μM and less inhibitory effect on 3CLpro with IC50 value of 24.8μM.