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.

BENODANIL is a kind of fungicide.

Koumine has antineoplastic effect, may be a future breast cancer chemotherapeutic agent.