Sodium ferulate (SF), the sodium salt of ferulic acid, is a drug used in traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and to prevent thrombosis.

Calcium saccharate is an oxidized non-cyclic hexose sugar. It may inhibit carcinogenesis and proliferation of cancer cells.

4-Nitrophenyl β-D-Galactopyranoside is a β-D-galactopyranoside derivative that is a substrate for β-galactosidase and can be used to measure β-galactosidase activity, which can be used in the study of lysosomal storage diseases, obesity, and mucopolysaccharides storage diseases.