A potent and selective inhibitor of LTA4 hydrolase (LTA4H) with IC50/Ki of 5 nM/23 nM; inhibits calcium ionophore-induced LTB(4) production in human whole blood (IC50=49 nM).

3-hydroxybutyric acid is involved in the synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies. Like the other ketone bodies (acetoacetate and acetone) levels of beta-hydroxybutyrate are raised in the blood and urine in ketosis. Beta-hydroxybutyrate is a typical partial-degradation product of branched-chain amino acids (primarily valine) released from muscle for hepatic and renal gluconeogenesis.

Naringenin trimethyl ether shows significant molluscicidal activity with a median lethal concentration (LC(5)) of 3.9 μg/mL.