DL-α-Hydroxyglutaric acid disodium salt is an α -hydroxyacid formed from the hydrolysis of (R) -5-oxy-2-tetrahydrofuran carboxylic acid, which is overproduced in human neurometabolic disease D-α -hydroxyglutaric uria. ?

(2E,6Z)-nona-2,6-dien-1-ol (trans,cis-2,6-Nonadien-1-ol) is a Rifm flavor that inhibits the reaction of cysteine ??with glucose.

This is a strongly agonistic peptide (mimotope) for diabetogenic T cell clone BDC2.5.