Spectinomycin sulfate hydrate is a broad-spectrum antibiotic and inhibits the growth of a variety of gram-positive and gram-negative organisms. Spectinomycin sulfate hydrate acts by selectively targeting to the bacterial ribosome and interrupting protein synthesis. Spectinomycin sulfate hydrate is also a noncompetitive inhibitor of td intron RNA with an Ki value of 7.2 mM-.

J-14 is an inhibitor of reversible sulfiredoxin(IC50 : 8.1 μM).?J14 induces oxidative stress (intracellular ROS accumulation) by inhibiting sulfiredoxin leading to cytotoxicity and cancer cell death.

Used as pesticide, medicine, dye intermediates.