Sodium polyanetholesulfonate (SPS) is a homopolymer that was developed to be used as an anticoagulant. It is commonly used in blood culture media for bacteria because it inhibits the antimicrobial activity of immune system components present in blood. SPS inhibits the growth of some microorganisms, but this effect if often media-dependent and can be overcome by addition of gelatin or lysed blood. SPS is a weaker anticoagulant than heparin, most likely due to inhibition of antithrombin III, but a stronger inducer of platelet aggregation. It has also been used to stabilize colloidal suspensions.

Trans-Stilbene is used in transition metal-catalyzed asymmetric epoxidation and dihydroxylation. It is also useful in making synthetic estrogens.

α-Chloralose is used as an anesthetic and analgesia for laboratory animals.

α-Cyclodextrin is a polysaccharide of six glucose units that are covalently attached end-to-end via α-1, 4 linkages. There are two other naturally occurring cyclodextrins, β- and Ɣ-, which contain seven and eight glucose units respectively. In water, these fibers take on a toroid or truncated cone configuration. In aqueous medium, the exterior surface of cyclodextrins is hydrophilic while the interior core is hydrophobic. This allows for the formation of guest-host relationships with small hydrophobic molecules.

α-Cyclodextrin is a natural, soluble dietary fiber. It has the unique ability among known fibers to bind nine times its weight in fat. This high ratio of binding makes α-Cyclodextrin practical as a weight loss supplement.