A monoacylglycerol; inhibits the growth of B. cereus, S. typhimurium, and E. coli at 1 mg/ml and S. aureus at 0.5 mg/ml; an agonist of TRPV1 that induces calcium influx in HEK293 cells expressing the human receptor (EC50 = 12.6 μM); has been used to increase the storage stability of mayonnaise and viscoelasticity of processed cheese