2-Heptanol is one of chemical constituents identified in the essential oil of rhizome of Curcuma angustifolia and Curcuma zedoaria. Rhizome essential oil exhibited good antimicrobial and antioxidant activity.

5-Aminofluorescein (5-AF) is a fluorescence marker, covalently bound to human serum albumin. The excitation wavelength is 490 nm and the emission wavelength is 515 nm.

Deoxyguanosine is a nucleoside consisting of the base guanine and the sugar deoxyribose. It is like guanosine but with one oxygen atom removed. It is a nucleoside component of DNA. Deoxyguanosine can be converted to 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) due to hydroxyl radical attack at the C8 of guanine.