DL-α-Hydroxyglutaric acid disodium salt is an α -hydroxyacid formed from the hydrolysis of (R) -5-oxy-2-tetrahydrofuran carboxylic acid, which is overproduced in human neurometabolic disease D-α -hydroxyglutaric uria. ?

Batyl alcohol has been approved in clinical treatment of aleucocytosis that caused by radiotherapy, chemotherapy.

Echinatin disturb the mitochondrial energy transfer reactions and membrane permeability, at a low concentration cause deterioration of respiratory control and oxidative phosphorylation of isolated rat liver mitochondria.