Bisabolene is a sesquiterpene extracted from oregano and other aromatic plants. It is a potential anticancer agent and studies have shown that it can induce apoptosis in the A549 cancer cell line.

BAM 15 is an uncoupler of mitochondrial protonophore. BAM 15 is fully capable of increasing mitochondrial respiration in the presence of oligomycin and does so across a broader concentration range than FCCP in both myoblasts and hepatocytes and it is able to increase O2 consumption across a broad dosing range without increasing ROS.

2-(2-fluoro-6-methoxyphenyl)pyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid is commonly used to synthesize compounds with anticancer and antitumor properties.