3-Methyladipic acid is a metabolite of the catabolism of phytanic acid. Patients with adult Refsums disease (ARD) are unable to detoxify phytanic acid by alpha-oxidation and so the w-oxidation pathway is the only metabolic pathway available for phytanic acid degradation.

N-Aminofluorescein is a highly selective and sensitive fluorescent probe for Cu2+ and can be used to detect Cu2+ in biological systems (λex/em=495/516 nm).

4''-methyloxy-Daidzin (Daidzein 7-O-Β-D-glucoside 4''-O-methylate), an isoflavone methyl-glycoside, is isolated from Cordyceps militaris grown on germinated soybeans. Isoflavones possess immunomodulating and antiallergic activities.