Trimethylamine oxide has a thermo-protective role in dogfish RBCs. It can stimulate both the anaerobic growth rate and the growth yield of Proteus NTHC 153 by serving as a terminal electron acceptor in an oxidative phosphorylation process.

Lucidenic acid SP1 is a natural product.

4-benzyloxycarbonylamino-piperidine-1,4-dicarboxylic acid mono-tert-butyl ester is a biologically active compound used as an intermediate in the synthesis of a variety of compounds.