Dimethyl succinate is the inactive analog of dimethyl fumarate. Dimethyl succinate has a pleasant, ethereal, winey odor and a fruity, winey, and burning flavor. It is used in foods as a flavoring ingredient. Dimethyl succinate was found at increased concentrations in the culture medium of the lung cancer cell line A549 and in the urine of mice implanted with A549 cells. Dimethyl succinate could be used to prolong the insulinotropic action of GLP-1 in the treatment of type-2 diabetes and it may represent a novel therapeutic approach in endotoxemia and multiple-organ failure.

Camphene is a bicyclic monoterpene, a Plant Derived Monoterpene, which possessed antitumor activity. This was found in vivo by inhibiting subcutaneous tumor growth of highly aggressive melanoma cells in a syngeneic model, suggesting a promising role of this compound in cancer therapy. In addition was shown, that camphene lowered cholesterol and triglycerides (TG) in the plasma of hyperlipidemic rats without affecting HMG-CoA reductase activity. And was suggested, that camphene upregulated Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBP-1) expression and microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) inhibition was likely to be a probable mechanism whereby camphene exerts its hypolipidemic effect.

Diflubenzuron is a direct-acting insecticide normally applied directly to plants or water. Diflubenzuron, besides its use in agriculture, horticulture and forestry against larvae of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, and in public health against larvae of mosquitoes, is used as a veterinary drug for the treatment of sea lice infestations in Atlantic salmon. Diflubenzuron acts by interference with the synthesis of chitin. It is reported that public exposure to diflubenzuron through either food or drinking-water is negligible.