Dibutyl phosphate is be used as a precursor for antistatics, a mold release agent in polyurethane applications, and a non-volatile acidic catalyst in organic media. It is also used in many industrial applications as a surfactant because of its exceptional properties of wetting, emulsification, lubrication, coupling activity and detergency. Biologically Dibutyl phosphate is used as a diagnostic urine marker for exposure to certain toxic alkyl-phosphate compounds found in insecticides and industrial lubricants.

Sphingosine harbors two chiral centers and therefore exhibits four stereoisomers, only one of which, the D-erythro (2S,3R) is known to exist naturally. ERYTHRO-SPHINGOSINE, (±)- is a mixture of two isomers: inactive ERYTHRO-SPHINGOSINE, (+)- and the active ERYTHRO-SPHINGOSINE, (-), also known as D-erythro (2S,3R)-SPHINGOSINE or D-erythro –SPHINGOSINE. It was found, that D-erythro –SPHINGOSINE acts as a potent inhibitor of protein kinase C and of transient receptor potential melastatin 7 (TRPM7). Besides, was shown, that sphingosine may be efficacious against alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, irrespective of TP53 mutation status. It also could evolve as alternative treatment options for aggressive lymphomas via PKC inhibition, apoptosis, and autophagy.