3-Furoic acid is an organic acid regularly occurring in the urine of healthy individuals. 3-Furoic acid is also a compound found in honey and honeydew samples.

The Staphylococcus aureus transpeptidase Sortase A (SrtA) anchors virulence and colonization-associated surface proteins to the cell wall. SrtA selectively recognizes a C-terminal LPXTG motif. SrtA readily reacts with its native substrate Abz-LPETG-Dap(DNP)-NH2, cleaving it and catalyzing the formation of an amide bond between the carboxyl group of threonine and the amino group of cell-wall crossbridges.

Marginatoxin may be a promising chemopreventive agent for treating hepatocellular carcinoma, it induces human hepatoma BEL-7402 cells apoptosis in vitro and in vivo via activation of Fas/FasL-mediated apoptotic pathway.