(Z)-β-Santalol is a key component of sandalwood oil, which when purified, can be used to treat the common cold, bronchitis, fever, and urinary tract infections, and it has also been shown to have anti-inflammatory properties and cause autophagy in proliferating keratinocytes. β-Santalol has antiviral and anticancer activities. As of 2002, about 60 tons of sandalwood oil are produced annually by steam distillation of the heartwood of Santalum album.

ALLOPREGNANE-3β,17α,21-TRIOL-20-ONE is a bioactive progestin proposed for the treatment of ischemic damage, such as damage due to stroke or myocardial infarction and, as the neuroactive steroid, for the treatment of epilepsy or status epilepticus.