Butyl 3-butoxypropanoate is commonly used in flavors and fragrances.

Manzamine A, an orally active beta-carboline alkaloid, inhibits specifically GSK-3β and CDK-5 with IC50s of 10.2 μM and 1.5 μM, respectively. Manzamine A targets vacuolar ATPases and inhibits autophagy in pancreatic cancer cells. Manzamine A has antimalarial and anticancer activities. Manzamine A also shows potent activity against HSV-1.

Hexadimethrine bromide is a synthetic polymer which agglutinates red blood cells, and used as a heparin antagonist.Hexadimethrine bromide inhibits human mesenchymal stem cell proliferation during lentiviral transduction.