3-Methylhistidine belongs to the class of organic compounds known as histidine and derivatives. Histidine and derivatives are compounds containing cysteine or a derivative thereof resulting from reaction of cysteine at the amino group or the carboxy group or from the replacement of any hydrogen of glycine by a heteroatom.

1,3-Dihydroxyacetone is the main active ingredient in sunscreen tanning skin care preparations, an important precursor for the synthesis of a variety of fine chemicals, and a food additive that can be produced on an industrial scale by microbial fermentation on Gluconobacter oxydans.

D-Tagatose a rare natural hexoketose is an isomer of d-galactose. D-Tagatose occurs naturally in Sterculia setigera gum and it is also found in small quantities in various foods such as sterilized and powdered cow's milk hot cocoa and a variety of cheeses yogurts and other dairy products.