N-Acetyl-L-phenylalanine is an essential amino acid produced for medical feed and nutritional applications. It appears in large amount in urine of patients with phenylketonuria which is a human genetic disorder due to the lack of phenylalanine hydroxylase the enzyme necessary to metabolize phenylalanine to tyrosine.

Glucotropaeolin potassium is found in cruciferous vegetables and moderately decrease spontaneous DNA damage in animals.

2-Deacetoxytaxinine J shows significant in vitro activity against breast cancer cell line at a concentration of 20 microM and 10 microM in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 respectively.