Methyl syringate has a unique inhibitory activity toward aflatoxin production with a different mode of action from that of gallic acid.

ELOVL1-IN-2, a compound known as an inhibitor of the elongation of very long chain fatty acid 1 (ELOVL1) enzyme, exhibits a weak inhibitory effect on ELOVL1 (with an IC50 of 21 μM) and demonstrates moderate potency in a primary cellular assay conducted on HEK293 C26 cells (with an IC50 of 6.7 μM) .

Aminooxyacetic acid hemihydrochloride is a malate-aspartate shuttle (MAS) inhibitor which also inhibits the GABA degradating enzyme GABA-T.