Glucuronic acid is a carboxylic acid and highly soluble in water. In humans glucuronic acid is often linked to toxic or poisonous substances to allow for subsequent elimination and to hormones to allow for easier transport.

Riddelline is a potent genotoxic agent in vitro and induces significant elevations in unscheduled DNA synthesis and S-phase synthesis in rat liver.

Hecogenin is a steroid saponin isolated from Agave sisalana. It is a selective inhibitor of human UDP-glucuronosyltransferases. Hecogenin has a wide spectrum of pharmacological activities including anti-inflammatory antifungal and gastroprotective effects.