Lauroyl alanine is a fatty acid amide. It may be used to support the physical gelation of binary mixtures of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon solvents.
Cycloate is a herbicide. It inhibits the biosynthesis of very-long-chain fatty acids, which is the essential constituents of plant suberin and waxes. Fatty acids also serve as precursors of aliphatic carbon chains in resorcinolic lipids.