16alpha-Hydroxyprednisolone is a stereoselective metabolite of the 22(R) epimer of the glucocorticoid budesonide.

In cells D-glucose 6-phosphate (G6P) is generated when glucose is phosphorylated by hexokinase or glucokinase or by the conversion of glucose-1-phosphate by phosphoglucomutase during glycogenolysis. G6P lies at the beginning of both glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathways. It also can be stored as glycogen when blood glucose levels are high.

Coumaperine, a product found in white pepper, is also a 5-LOX inhibitor with potential anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activity and can be used to study inflammatory diseases caused by bacterial infections.