FEN1-IN-2 is a selective and potent inhibitor of flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1), inhibits FEN1 and XPG, has potential anticancer activity, and can be used to study DNA damage repair.

Carglumic acid is an orphan drug used for the treatment of hyperammonaemia in patients with N-acetylglutamate synthase deficiency. This rare genetic disorder results in elevated blood levels of ammonia, which can eventually cross the blood-brain barrier and cause neurologic problems, cerebral edema, coma, and death.

Khellactone shows antitumor activity,it can suppress the growth of NCI-H460 tumor cells. (+)-4'-cis-Khellactone and (+)-3'-cis-khellactone have antiplasmodial activities, they show notable inhibitory activity against -sensitive strains of with IC(50) values from 1.5 and 2.4 microM.