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Carminic acid

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Natural Red 4

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C22H20O13
CAS Number:
1260-17-9
Molecular Weight:
492.39
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
NACRES:
NA.24
E Number:
E120
PubChem Substance ID:
329749350
EC Number:
215-023-3
MDL number:
MFCD00167028
Colour Index Number:
75470
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
71651

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Product Name

Carminic acid, analytical standard

InChI key

DGQLVPJVXFOQEV-JNVSTXMASA-N

InChI

1S/C22H20O13/c1-4-8-5(2-6(24)9(4)22(33)34)13(25)10-11(15(8)27)16(28)12(18(30)17(10)29)21-20(32)19(31)14(26)7(3-23)35-21/h2,7,14,19-21,23-24,26,28-32H,3H2,1H3,(H,33,34)/t7-,14-,19+,20-,21+/m1/s1

SMILES string

Cc1c(C(O)=O)c(O)cc2C(=O)c3c(O)c(O)c([C@@H]4O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H]4O)c(O)c3C(=O)c12

grade

analytical standard

assay

≥90% (HPLC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

Quality Level

100

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Application

Carminic acid was used to compare and identify the Leucopis sp. using analytical methods like TLC and HPLC.
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General description

Carminic acid is an anthraquinone red dye. It is majorly used in textile industry as pigmenting agent.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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BCCM9806
BCCK0443
BCCD5041
BCCD3486
BCCB2723

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T Eisner et al.
Experientia, 50(6), 610-615 (1994-06-15)
Larvae of two insects, a coccinellid beetle (Hyperaspis trifurcata) and a chamaemyiid fly (Leucopis sp.), feed on cochineal insects and appropriate their prey's defensive chemical, carminic acid, for protective purposes of their own. H. trifurcata discharges the chemical with droplets
Ana Serrano et al.
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 401(2), 735-743 (2011-06-01)
A new analytical approach based on high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detector (HPLC-DAD) and multivariate data analysis was applied and assessed for analyzing the red dye extracted from cochineal insects, used in precious historical textiles. The most widely used
Naoki Sugimoto et al.
Shokuhin eiseigaku zasshi. Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan, 51(1), 19-27 (2010-03-09)
A quantitative NMR (qNMR) method was applied for the determination of carminic acid. Carminic acid is the main component in cochineal dye that is widely used as a natural food colorant. Since several manufacturers only provide reagent-grade carminic acid, there
Feng Wang et al.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 79(5), 1946-1951 (2011-06-28)
A fluorescent enhancement system carminic acid (CA)-La3+-CTAB is found and based on this finding a new fluorimetric method for the determination of CA is developed. Under optimized conditions, the enhanced intensities of fluorescence are quantitatively in proportion to the concentrations
Gabriela Arroyo-Figueroa et al.
TheScientificWorldJournal, 11, 1005-1016 (2011-05-10)
Trametes versicolor (Tv) fungus can degrade synthetic dyes that contain azo groups, anthraquinone, triphenylmethane polymers, and heterocyclic groups. However, no references have been found related to the degradation of natural dyes, such as the carminic acid that is contained in
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