Vanillylamine is an alkaloid that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of capsaicin. Vanillylamine is produced from vanillin by the enzyme vanillin aminotransferase.

Sanggenol L shows higher cytotoxicity against human oral tumor cell lines (HSC-2 and HSG) than against normal human gingival fibroblasts (HGF), it induces apoptosis via caspase activation and inhibition of NF-κB/IκBα± phosphorylation as a potent chemotherapeutic agent for ovarian cancers.

Pomalidomide-PEG3-OH enables the synthesis of molecules for targeted protein degradation and PROTAC (proteolysis-targeting chimeras) technology.