sphinganine 1 phosphate (d17:0)

Sphinganine-1-phosphate (d17:0) is a sphingolipid analog of sphinganine-1-phosphate (d18:0) and sphingosine-1-phosphate (d18:1) that has a 17-carbon base. Sphinganine-1-phosphate (d17:0) levels are lower in surgical and cadaver trabecular meshwork samples isolated from patients with primary open angle glaucoma compared with control samples.

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.