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02134

6-O-Palmitoyl-L-ascorbic acid

Synonym(s):

L-Ascorbyl palmitate, Ascorbic acid 6-palmitate, E304, L-Ascorbic acid 6-hexadecanoate, NSC 402451

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C22H38O7
CAS Number:
137-66-6
Molecular Weight:
414.53
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329747391
EC Number:
205-305-4
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
96552
MDL number:
MFCD00005377

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InChI

1S/C22H38O7/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-18(24)28-16-17(23)21-19(25)20(26)22(27)29-21/h17,21,23,25-26H,2-16H2,1H3/t17-,21+/m0/s1

InChI key

QAQJMLQRFWZOBN-LAUBAEHRSA-N

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC[C@H](O)[C@H]1OC(=O)C(O)=C1O

Quality Level

100

assay

≥98.5% (HPLC)

form

powder or crystals

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

loss

≤2.0% loss on drying

color

white to light beige

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

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General description

This substance is listed on the positive list of the EU regulation 10/2011 for plastics intended to come into contact with food.

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GHS07

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Warning

hcodes

H319

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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BCCD9330
BCCB6205
BCBZ6604
BCBS5478V

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Ascorbyl palmitate and its synergism to tocopherols.
Karl-Heinz Wagner et al.
Forum of nutrition, 56, 347-348 (2005-04-06)
Alex C M Oliveira et al.
Nutrients, 6(5), 2059-2076 (2014-05-27)
The beneficial health effects of a diet rich in n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFA) have been extensively researched in recent years. Marine oils are an important dietary source of n-3 LC-PUFA, being especially rich in two of
Li Xiao et al.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 394(1-2), 247-259 (2014-06-06)
The aim of this study was to investigate protective effects of the lipophilic vitamin C derivative, 6-o-palmitoylascorbate (PlmtVC), against X-ray radiation-induced damages including cell death, DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), lipid peroxidation, and protein carbonylation in human lymphocytes HEV0082, and the
Mostafa Nakach et al.
International journal of pharmaceutics, 476(1-2), 277-288 (2014-10-04)
This paper describes a systematic approach to select optimum stabilizer for the preparation of nano-crystalline suspensions of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). The stabilizer can be either a dispersant or a combination of dispersant and wetting agent. The proposed screening
Lingyan Kong et al.
Carbohydrate polymers, 111, 256-263 (2014-07-20)
In the present study, we introduce a simple method to prepare inclusion complexes by "inserting" guest molecules into preformed "empty" V-type amylose helices. Ascorbyl palmitate (AscP) was used as a model guest material to investigate the effect of solvent environment

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