3-Hydroxybutyric acid (or beta-hydroxybutyrate) is a ketone body. Like the other ketone bodies (acetoacetate and acetone) levels of 3-hydroxybutyrate in blood and urine are raised in ketosis. In humans 3-hydroxybutyrate is synthesized in the liver from acetyl-CoA and can be used as an energy source by the brain when blood glucose is low.

Heptacosanoic acid is a compound derived from Rhodosporidium kratochvilovae HIMPA1, a novel oil-bearing yeast isolated from Himalayan permafrost.

6PPD-Q (6PPD-Quinone), a contaminant present in the environment and soil, is a derivative of the tire antioxidant N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine (6PPD), which impairs the quality of spermatozoa in mice and induces impaired male fertility.