The compound is a disinfectant algicide and bactericide mainly for swimming pools and dyestuffs and is also used as a bleaching agent in the textile industry.

Quorum Sensing-IN-3 (QS-IN-1) is a compound with inhibitory effects on bacterial community sensing, which inhibits the exchange of information between bacteria and inhibits biofilm formation.

BC-7013 is a novel pleurophytin with antimicrobial activity that inhibits the activity of gram-positive pathogenic bacteria and can be used in the study of skin and respiratory infections.