3'-O-Methylorobol exhibits moderate antioxidant activity in the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl free radical scavenging assay, it also exerts potential analgesic properties.

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

Methyl blue is a triaminotriphenylmethane dye. It is used as an antiseptic dye in the polychrome staining method and has applications in histological and microbiological staining solutions.