Octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA) is utilized to esterify starch, producing octenyl succinylated starch (OS-starch), a hydrocolloid with amphiphilic properties.

Pantolactone belongs to the class of organic compounds known as gamma-butyrolactones. gamma-Butyrolactones are compounds containing a gamma-butyrolactone moiety which consists of an aliphatic five-member ring with four carbon atoms one oxygen atom and bears a ketone group on the carbon adjacent to the oxygen atom.

Non-acylated, major circulating isoform of ghrelin