Dimethylamine (DMA) is abundantly present in human urine. Main sources of urinary DMA have been reported to include trimethylamine N-oxide a common food component and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) an endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis.

Oblongine chloride may have potential haemodynamic effects, it can cause a dose-dependent reduction of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and that these effects are not mediated by α2-adrenergic receptor stimulation.

5'-Deoxy-5-fluoro-N-[(pentyloxy)carbonyl]cytidine 2',3'-diacetate is an intermediate in the synthesis of capecitabine.