Monocaprylin is a monoglyceride of caprylic acid with an excellent?antibacterial?activity. Monocaprylin inhibits a variety of foodborne pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms and has the potential for an alternative food preservative research.

N-Acetyltyramine is the active compound extracted from a fermentation broth of strain M3-10 which produces quorum-sensing inhibitor (QSI) compound. N-Acetyltyramine inhibits Chromobacterium violaceum ATCC 12472 violacein production and virulence factors, such as pyoverdine production, as well as swarming and twitching motilities, produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1.

6-azathymine is a potent inhibitors of D-3-aminoisobutyrate-pyruvate aminotransferase.?6-Azauracil acted as a competitive inhibitor with respect to beta-alanine, and was an uncompetitive inhibitor with respect to pyruvic acid with a Ki of approximately 8.9 mM.