Hinoksalini se koriste kao boje i lekovi, npr. antibiotici poput ehinomicina, levomicina i aktinoleutina. Derivati hinoksalina su ispitivani kao potencijalni antitumorski agensi.[7] Oni se isto tako koriste kao katalitički ligandi:[8]
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