A non-steroid glycoside with diverse biological activities; inhibits LPS-induced ROS and NO release as well as iNOS and COX-2 protein expression in RAW 264.7 mouse macrophages at 200 μM; dose-dependently inhibits thrombin-induced human platelet aggregation in vitro and thrombin-induced DIC in rats at 100 mg/kg; increases the 20-day survival of Sendai virus-infected mice at 1 mg per day for three days prior to infection; stimulates hair regrowth after shaving in a mouse model of slowed hair regrowth at 0.2 mg per animal topically