Dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) is an oxidized form of ascorbic acid. Ascorbic acid is transported in its oxidized form via GLUT1 across the blood-brain barrier. Dehydroascorbic acid delay low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation when added before the initiation of the process, they accelerate the process if added to minimally oxidized LDL. Dehydroascorbic acid is used as biochemical markers of oxidative stress in clinical investigations. Dehydroascorbic acid has been used as a vitamin C dietary supplement.

Methylselenocysteine is a part of the mammalian physiology and is a well-tolerated, versatile and economical antiangiogenic agent. This compound participated in clinical trial to determine if vitamin supplementation with this compound could restore disruption of circadian rhythm in shift workers. The preclinical efficacy of methylselenocysteine has shown the combination of methylselenocysteine with androgen deprivation therapy can be useful for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer.

Vinleucinol (also known as vinblastine-isoleucinate or V-LEU) was developed as a vinca alkaloid derivative. This compound exhibited superior antitumor activity in malignant melanoma, small cell lung carcinoma, and breast cancer lines. Experiments on animals have shown that metabolite of vinleucinol was mainly responsible for the antitumor.

Dolastatin 10 is an unusual peptide of marine origin which binds to tubulin, inhibits microtubule assembly, resulting in the formation of tubulin aggregates and inhibition of mitosis. Dolastatin 10 has been used in trials phase II studying the treatment of Sarcoma, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Liver Cancer, among others. In case of hormone-refractory prostate cancer, it lacks significant clinical activity as a single agent and also dolastatin-10 is inactive against hepatobiliary and pancreatic carcinomas.

GPI-1485 belongs to a class of small molecule compounds called neuroimmunophilin ligands. This class of compounds has been shown to repair and regenerate damaged nerves without affecting normal, healthy nerves. GPI-1485 binds to FK-506-binding proteins. Phase 2 studies have been conducted to assess whether GPI-1485 is able to delay or stop disease progression and improve symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), and whether GPI-1485 can help preserve erectile function after prostatectomy.

Libenzapril is a long-acting, small polar angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with antihypertensive activity. Libenzapril competitively binds to and inhibits ACE, thereby blocking the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II. This prevents the potent vasoconstrictive actions of angiotensin II and results in vasodilation. Libenzapril also decreases angiotensin II-induced aldosterone secretion by the adrenal cortex, which leads to an increase in sodium excretion and subsequently increases water outflow. Both libenzapril and water transport was found to be significantly higher (about two- to five-fold) in six of the seven different brain regions in hypertensive rats as compared to the normotensive controls.

Maytansine is an ansamycin antibiotic originally isolated from the Ethiopian shrub Maytenus serrata. Maytansine inhibits the assembly of microtubules by binding to tubulin at or near the vinblastine-binding site, decreases microtubule dynamic instability and cause mitotic arrest in cells. It exerts cytotoxicity against a number of tumor cell lines and inhibits tumor growth in vivo. However, in human clinical trials, maytansine showed a small therapeutic window due to its neurotoxicity and harmful effects on the gastrointestinal tract. The potent cell killing ability of maytansine can be used in a targeted delivery approach, such as an antibody-drug conjugate, for the selective delivery of the drug and destruction of cancer cells.

LADIRUBICIN is an idarubicin derivative with potential antineoplastic activity. Its primary effect is a DNA alkylation with sequence specificity similar to that of conventional nitrogen mustards. It possesses a wide spectrum antitumor activity against rapidly proliferating murine leukemias and on slowly growing transplantable human tumor xenografts.