Ethyl potassium malonate, a competitive inhibitor of the enzyme succinate dehydrogenase, acts as a precursor to produce (trimethylsilyl)ethyl malonate, which is utilized to prepare beta-ketoesters by acylation and serves as an intermediate for the preparation of ethyl tert-butyl malonate.

Somatostatin is an endogenous neuropeptide hormone found in the brain and pancreas. Somatostatin binds several isoforms of the somatostatin receptor, exhibiting anxiolytic, antiepileptic/anticonvulsant, and anorexigenic activities.

7-Methyl-6-mercaptopurine is an inhibitor of PRPP aminotransferase, inhibits IMP metabolism and prevents purine, DNA and RNA synthesis.