Stachyose is a natual productit highly promotes proliferation of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) by inducing LAB to produce more α-galactosidase to hydrolyze stachyose.

DMT1 blocker 1 is a blocker of divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) with IC50 of 0.64 μM, which is expected to block the absorption of iron by intestinal cells in vivo.

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