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79058

2-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)ethanol

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

4-Hydroxyphenethyl alcohol, Tyrosol, p-HPEA

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Linear Formula:
HOC6H4CH2CH2OH
CAS Number:
501-94-0
Molecular Weight:
138.16
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329768224
EC Number:
207-930-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1859884
MDL number:
MFCD00002902
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grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

assay

>99.5% (GC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

89-92 °C (lit.), 90-93 °C

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

OCCc1ccc(O)cc1

InChI

1S/C8H10O2/c9-6-5-7-1-3-8(10)4-2-7/h1-4,9-10H,5-6H2

InChI key

YCCILVSKPBXVIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

2-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)ethanol is a phenolic compound present in olives, which can exhibit a wide range of health benefits and pharmacological properties like anti-inflammatory, antiviral, anti-tumor and cardioprotection activity.

Application

2-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)ethanol may be used as an analytical standard for the determination of the analyte in culture supernatant of Candida albicans, liquid Czapek cultures from endophytic fungi, human biological samples, and wine samples by various chromatography techniques.
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Biochem/physiol Actions

Antioxidant found in olive oil.

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

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Warning

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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BCCM2399
BCCK9461
BCCK7916
BCCG3454

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A simple method for the quantitative analysis of tyrosol by HPLC in liquid Czapek cultures from endophytic fungi
Guimar?es DO, et al.
Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 20(1), 188-194 (2009)
Antioxidant properties of tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol saturated fatty acid esters
Sun Y, et al.
Food Chemistry (2017)
2, 4-(Hydroxyphenyl)-ethanol, an antioxidative agent produced by Candida spp., impairs neutrophilic yeast killing in vitro
Cremer J, et al.
FEMS Microbiology Letters, 170(2), 319-325 (1999)
Yasuharu Satoh et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 60(4), 979-984 (2012-01-10)
Metabolic engineering was applied to the development of Escherichia coli capable of synthesizing tyrosol (2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanol), an attractive phenolic compound with great industrial value, from glucose, a renewable carbon source. In this strain, tyrosine, which was supplied not only from the
Mark W Sumarah et al.
Journal of natural products, 71(8), 1393-1398 (2008-07-19)
A collection of 250 foliar endophytes of Picea glauca (white spruce) yielded several isolates that produced metabolites toxic to Choristoneura fumiferana (spruce budworm). Three of these strains were selected for further study based on their ability to be cultured and
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Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
79058-500MG-F04061832948140
79058-100MG-F04061832948126

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