Sphinganine is a synthetic bioactive sphingolipid that inhibits the growth of C. glabrata and C. albicans with a minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) value of 0.5 μg/ml for both. More commonly, sphinganine is used as an internal standard in the analysis of sphingoid compounds by chromatographic or spectrometric methods.
Sphinganine-C17 is found in bovine serum. Sphinganine-C17 is a biomarker for assessment of delayed-type hypersensitivity and response to triptolide.
ChEBI: Heptadecasphinganine is an aminodiol and a sphingoid.
