Ertapenem sodium is a new long-acting 1-β-methyl carbapenem antibiotic with a broad antibacterial spectrum including common aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and organisms with extended-spectrum β-lactamases.

2'-O-Methyl-5-iodouridine (5-Iodo-2'-O-methyluridine) is a purine nucleoside analog that targets malignant tumors of the inert lymphatic system and possesses a broad spectrum of antitumor activity.

L-Uridine is the enantiomer of D-uridine, a nucleoside that acts as a phosphate acceptor for nucleoside phosphotransferase, in the normal RNA component of a normal RNA isolated from Polyporaceae fungus Poria cocos (Schw.) L-Uridine has potential antiviral activity.