Sodium decanoate is the sodium salt of caproic acid, a 10-carbon saturated fatty acid. It has an amphiphilic character and can form liquid crystalline phases and micelles in an aqueous solution.

Inhibition of recombinant human chymase using bis(succinoyl-L-alanyl-L-prolyl-L-phenylalanylamide) as substrate after 1 hr by fluorescence assay with activity value of 90μM

5alpha-Cholestan-3-one(5aCh3) is an intermediate product in cholesterol metabolism, which is elevated in the case of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis.