3-Methyladipic acid is a metabolite of the catabolism of phytanic acid. Patients with adult Refsums disease (ARD) are unable to detoxify phytanic acid by alpha-oxidation and so the w-oxidation pathway is the only metabolic pathway available for phytanic acid degradation.

5-FAM SE is a single isomer,it has been used to prepare various small fluorescent molecules.

Monnieriside G is a natural product from Cnidium monnieri.