It is used therapeutically to stimulate gastric and pancreatic secretions and in the treatment of hyperlipoproteinemias.

MARK4 inhibitor 1 inhibits cancer cell proliferation, metastasis and induces apoptosis.?MARK4 inhibitor 1 is a potent microtubule affinity-regulating kinase 4 (MARK4) inhibitor, with an IC50 of 1.54 μM.?

Octadenol is a fatty alcohol present in human and is normally incorporated into plasmalogen lipids. Sjogren-Larsson syndrome is defined by the triad of ichthyosis mental retardation and spasticity and patients accumulate fatty alcohols such as Octadenol in the plasma and cultured fibroblasts.