Quaternary ammonium analog of ethidium; an intercalating dye with a specific affinity to certain forms of DNA and, used as diiodide, to separate them in density gradients.

Alpha-Asarone is a psychoactive compound with antidepressant-like activity in mice.

Oxazolone has been used as a haptenizing agent which can induce an inflammatory reaction in adult zebrafish intestinal tissues and this can be used as a model for gene expression studies of the two forms of inflammatory bowel disease like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.