Hydrocinnamic alcohol exists in storax and fern balsam, also present in Vaccinium species fruits, guava fruit and peel, blackberry, other fruits, rum, white wine, shitake mushroom, matsutake mushroom and peated malt. It is a flavoring ingredient.

Methyl nomilinate from citrus can modulate cell cycle regulators to induce cytotoxicity in human colon cancer (SW480) cells in vitro.

Cussosaponin C is a natural product isolated from Pulsatilla koreana Nakai.