D-(-)-Lyxose is used as a chiral building block.

Isovalerylglycine (IVG) is an acyl glycine. Acyl glycines are normally minor metabolites of fatty acids. However the excretion of certain acyl glycines is increased in several inborn errors of metabolism. In certain cases the measurement of these metabolites in body fluids can be used to diagnose disorders associated with mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation.

Lipofermata is a fatty acid transport protein (FATP) inhibitor that prevents lipid transport to melanoma cells and reduces melanoma growth and invasion.