Glochidiol exhibits strong inhibitory effects against all three human tumor cell lines (MCF-7, NCI-H-460 and SF-268), it exerts its antiproliferative activity through the involvement of apoptosis. It exhibits a strong inhibitory effect on mouse skin tumor
2-2'-(Hydroxytetracosanoylamino)-octadecane-1,3,4-triol tetraacetate at concentration of 100 ug/mL shows selectively inhibitory activity against phospholipase A 2 (PLA 2) secreted from Crotalus adamenteus venom, but inactive against PLA 2 of bee venom (Apis mellifcra).