A steroidal sapogenin with diverse biological activities; increases the proliferation rate of, as well as mRNA levels of genes encoding the osteoblastic differentiation markers Cbfa1, collagen type I, and osteocalcin in, mouse BMSCs in a concentration-dependent manner; increases matrix calcium deposition in BMSCs at 30 and 90 μM; active against the fungus A. fumigatus (MIC50 = 16 μg/ml); inhibits carrageenan-induced paw edema in rats at 4.2 μg/kg