Imperatorin is a plant secondary metabolite belonging to the coumarins-specifically the furanocoumarins. Imperatorin enhances the GABA-induced chloride ion current (IGABA) through the α1β2γ2S receptors. Imperatorin potentiates IGABA at 100 μmol by 50.5±16.3 % and at 300 μmol by 109.8±37.7 %, respectively. Imperatorin, together with Phellopterin, found in the roots of A. dahurica, inhibit [H]diazepam binding to the benzodiazepine site of the rat brain GABAA receptor in vitro with an IC50 of 12.3 μmol for Imperatorin and 400 nmol for Phellopterin. Imperatorin, in a concentration ranging from 3.5 to 14 mmol, significantly and irreversibly inhibits GABA-T in a time-dependent and concentration-dependent manner, by irreversibly binding with the active site of GABA-T.Imperatorin is a reversible acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor, and acts in dose-dependent manner. The AChE and BChE inhibitory activities of Imperatorin and a crude extract from the fruits of Angelica archangelica L. is tested by the spectrophotometric method at concentrations of 12.5, 25, 50, and 100 μg/mL. Imperatorin displays low inhibition towards AChE (13.75-46.11 %), whereas it has remarkable inhibitory effect against BChE (37.46-83.98 %). Imperatorin shows selectivity toward BChE rather than AChE, with an IC50 for BChE of 31.4 μmol. Imperatorin, together with (+)-Byakangelicol, are found to be the most effective BACE-1 inhibitors, with IC50s of 91.8 and 104.9 μmol, respectively. Imperatorin (IC50=9.2 μmol) is also effective as an inhibitor of NO synthesis. Imperatorin is a weak agonist of TRPV1, a channel implicated in detecting several noxious stimuli, exhibiting EC50 of 12.6±3.2 μM.