Licorice glycoside C2 is a oleanane-type triterpene oligoglycoside isolated from Glycyrrhiza uralensis. Various biological activities are associated with licorice extracts, such as anti-viral, anti-microbial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, anti-cancer and anti-HIV effects.

Zearalenone is a mycotoxin produced mainly by fungi belonging to the genus Fusarium in foods and feeds. Possess oestrogenic activity in pigs cattle and sheep with low acute toxicity. Causes precocious development of mammae and other estrogenic effects in young gilts.

Melanin Concentrating Hormone (MCH), a 19 amino acid cyclic peptide, is largely expressed in the hypothalamus.