Caproic acid is a colorless oily liquid that smells like cheese. It is a fatty acid found naturally in various animal fats and oils. Hexanoic acid is a resistance priming inducer that protects tomato plants from Botrytis cinerea.

Ribostamycin is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial, inhibits bacterial protein synthesis at the level of 30S and 50S ribosomal subunit binding, also inhibits the chaperone activity of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), used in pharmacokinetic and nephrotoxicity studies.

Dodecenylsuccinic anhydride can be grafted with collagen hydrogels as a hydrophobic wound dressing to incorporate simvastatin.