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T0888

Glycerol trihexanoate

~99%

Synonym(s):

1,2,3-Tricaproylglycerol, Glycerol tricapronate, Tricaproin, Trihexanoin

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Linear Formula:
[CH3(CH2)4COOCH2]2CHOCO(CH2)4CH3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
386.52
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
210-701-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1806732
MDL number:
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biological source

synthetic

assay

~99%

form

liquid

density

0.98 g/mL (lit.)

functional group

ester

lipid type

neutral glycerides

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

CCCCCC(=O)OCC(COC(=O)CCCCC)OC(=O)CCCCC

InChI

1S/C21H38O6/c1-4-7-10-13-19(22)25-16-18(27-21(24)15-12-9-6-3)17-26-20(23)14-11-8-5-2/h18H,4-17H2,1-3H3

InChI key

MAYCICSNZYXLHB-UHFFFAOYSA-N



Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves



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B Aurousseau
The British journal of nutrition, 60(3), 525-538 (1988-11-01)
1. Results of 138 nitrogen balance studies from experiments with forty male Limousin and nineteen male Ile de France preruminant lambs were used to estimate total N requirements and to assess the effects of dietary tricaproin inclusion, protein concentration, lysine
C Lutton et al.
Annals of nutrition & metabolism, 27(2), 162-171 (1983-01-01)
The effects of a diet consisting of 10% medium-chain triglycerides (C8:0, C10:0) or 10% homogeneous triglycerides of 6- to 14-carbon chain saturated fatty acids on cholesterol turnover processes were studied in rats using the isotope equilibrium method. Cholesterol absorption was
S Fontagné et al.
The Journal of nutrition, 130(8), 2009-2015 (2000-08-05)
We investigated the effect of chain length of dietary medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA) on growth performance and fatty acid composition of first-feeding carp larvae. In a first trial, five semi-purified isolipidic (23-24 g/100 g of dry matter) diets were formulated



Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
T0888-5ML04061838175519
T0888-1ML04061837335976
T0888-25ML04061838175502