Zinc sorbate might be included in antimicrobial compositions, used in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals

Zinc tartrate is used as catalyst. Zinc tartrate and zinc tartrate with other compounds form a bright coating and used as protecting powder for metals.

Rhapontin (3, 3', 5-trihydroxy-4'-methoxystilbene-3-O-glucoside), a natural stilbenoid glycoside widely distributed in the medicinal plants of Rheum genus in China, has anti-thrombotic, anti-allergic and anti-diabetic activity and can be used as the potent antihyperlipidemic agent. In addition was shown, that rhapontin possessed anti-fibrotic activities and could prevent pulmonary fibrosis in vivo by modulating AMPK activation and suppressing the TGF-β/Smad pathway.