Orexin A human, rat, mouse, a 33 amino acid excitatory neuropeptide, orchestrates diverse central and peripheral processes. Orexin A human, rat, mouse has been used to study its effect on the functioning of porcine pancreatic islets. It has also been used as an orexin receptor 1 (OX1R) antagonist to study the effect of orexin systems in the effect of etonogestrel on respiratory response to prolonged metabolic acidosis.

5-Chlorovaleronitrile can be used as a quantitative structure-toxicity model to predict the aquatic toxicity.

Neoprocurcumenol is a larvicidal compound that exerts significant toxicity on mosquito larvae with LC50 and LC 90 values of 13.69 and 23.92 ppm, respectively.