Burana (drug), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) by Orion Corporation
Tolfenamic acid, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to treat the symptoms of migraine
These varieties contain the steroid, diosgenin, which is a principal material used in the manufacture of a number of synthetic steroidal hormones, such as those used in hormonal contraception.
In this study, processes were developed for producing various chemicals from the waste left over after producing sisal fibers; namely, the hecogenin used to produce steroidal drugs, a process originally developed and patented for cortisone production by Cornforth and Callow in the 1950s for Glaxo.
Physalins are steroidal constituents of Physalis plants which possess an unusual 13,14-seco-16,24-cyclo-steroidal ring skeleton (where the bond that is normally present between the 13 and 14 positions in other steroids is broken while a new bond between positions 16 and 24 is formed; see figure below).
Sarsasapogenin, a steroidal sapogenin, can also be found in S.glabra.