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M2503

Muramic acid

≥95% (TLC)

Synonym(s):

2-Amino-3-O-(1-carboxyethyl)-2-deoxy-D-glucose

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C9H17NO7
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
251.23
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1713780
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Quality Segment

assay

≥95% (TLC)

form

powder

optical activity

[α]25/D 95 to 120°, c = 0.26% (w/v) in water

color

white to off-white

mp

153 °C

solubility

water: 20 mg/mL, clear to very slightly hazy, colorless to faintly yellow

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

C[C@@H](O[C@H]([C@@H](N)C=O)[C@H](O)[C@H](O)CO)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C9H17NO7/c1-4(9(15)16)17-8(5(10)2-11)7(14)6(13)3-12/h2,4-8,12-14H,3,10H2,1H3,(H,15,16)/t4-,5+,6-,7-,8-/m1/s1

InChI key

ZZHZYDXMAKUKNS-OZRXBMAMSA-N

General description

Muramic acid is a marker for Gram-positive bacteria.

Application

Muramic acid has been used in a study to examine the association of house dust microbial content with cytokine-producing capacity at birth and at 1 year of age. It has also been used in studies to investigate novel bacteria strains isolated from air and soil samples collected from Korea and Thailand.

Other Notes

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ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids



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