D-alpha-Methylbenzyl isothiocyanate, an antioxidant and a chiral agent, induces phase II enzyme activity.

Loliolid is a germination inhibitor, and a repellent for ants (Atta cephalotes).It has cytostatic activity against carcnoma and leukaemia cells.

Uty HY Peptide (246-254) is a male-specific graft antigen H-Y derived from the H-Y epitopes of the widely transcribed tetrapeptide duplication gene H-YDB on the Y chromosome (Uty) protein。