N-Acetyl-L-phenylalanine is an essential amino acid produced for medical feed and nutritional applications. It appears in large amount in urine of patients with phenylketonuria which is a human genetic disorder due to the lack of phenylalanine hydroxylase the enzyme necessary to metabolize phenylalanine to tyrosine.

Ophiopogonanone A has oxygen free radicals(OFRs) scavenging effects, it can scavenge hydroxyl radical(·OH) and hydrogen peroxide(H2O2) in vitro.

Malachite green oxalate is a triphenylmethane dye which can be used to detect the release of phosphate in enzymatic reactions.