D-Glucosaminic Acid is a useful starting material for the synthesis of aldonic acids.

Carnidazole, an antiprotozoal drug of the nitroimidazole class, is used in veterinary medicine.

Agmatine sulfate is a bioactive metabolite of the arginine amino acid. It exerts modulatory action at multiple molecular targets such as neurotransmitter systems ion channels and nitric oxide synthesis. It is an endogenous agonist at imidazoline receptor and a NO synthase inhibitor.