Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) trisodium salt is used to bind metal ions in the practice of chelation therapy, for treating mercury and lead poisoning.

Conduritol A has a hypoglycemic effect, can have an effect on regulating the metabolism of blood lipid, free-radical scavenging, enhancing the antioxidant ability, potentiating immune function; it also can markedly prevent the diabetic rats from getting cataracts through the inhibition of lens aldose reductase.

N-Succinimidyl S-acetylthioacetate (SATA) is a protein modification agent that introduces thiol-groups into protein molecules and adds sulfhydryl groups in a protected form to proteins and other amine-containing molecules for later reaction with sulfhydryl reactive crosslinkers such as Sulfo-SMCC, Sulfo-MBS, etc.