Lumichrome is a natural metabolite of riboflavin. Lumichrome produced by Rhizobium and other bacterial species induces major developmental changes in plants at nanomolar concentrations. Lumichrome can stimulate larval metamorphosis in ascidians and activate the LasR quorum sensing receptor of bacteria.

UCL 2077 is a subtype-selective blocker of the epilepsy-associated KCNQ channels and it also is a selective slow-afterhyperpolarization channel blocker.

Nyasol may have potential to be developed as medicines for the treatment of allergies by inhibiting the activation of mast cells.