Glycylglycine (Gly-Gly) is a dipeptide used in biochemical research. It is the simplest of all dipeptides and is used as a starting template for preparation of more complex peptides. Glycine is involved in the body's production of DNA phospholipids and collagen and in the release of energy.

Demethoxypiplartine is an amide alkaloids which can be isolated from Piper flaviflorum and Piper sarmentosum. Demethoxypiplartine has antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans with the IC50 of 18.1 μg/mL.

Nonan-5-ol (5-nonanol) can be used to synthesize molecular imprinting pseudo-template polymers.