Methylsuccinic acid is a normal metabolite found in human fluids. Increased urinary levels of Methylsuccinic acid (together with ethylmalonic acid) are the main biochemical measurable features in ethylmalonic encephalopathy a rare metabolic disorder with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance that is clinically characterized by neuromotor delay hyperlactic acidemia recurrent petechiae orthostatic acrocyanosis and chronic diarrhea.

Diversoside is a natural product from Aster subspicatus.

Neoechinulin A has anti-inflammatory effect against LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 macrophages through inhibition of the NF-κB and p38 MAPK pathways.