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V900492

myo-Inositol

Vetec, reagent grade, 99%

Synonym(s):

1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexahydroxycyclohexane, i-Inositol, meso-Inositol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H12O6
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
180.16
EC Number:
201-781-2
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
PubChem Substance ID:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1907329
MDL number:
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Product Name

myo-Inositol, Vetec, reagent grade, 99%

InChI key

CDAISMWEOUEBRE-GPIVLXJGSA-N

InChI

1S/C6H12O6/c7-1-2(8)4(10)6(12)5(11)3(1)9/h1-12H/t1-,2-,3-,4+,5-,6-

SMILES string

O[C@H]1[C@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]1O

grade

reagent grade

vapor density

6.2 (vs air)

product line

Vetec

assay

99%

mp

222-227 °C (lit.)

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Biochem/physiol Actions

A component of membrane phospholipids, glycosyl­phosphatidyl­inositol anchors that bind glycoproteins to cell membranes, and inositol phosphate second messengers.

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Legal Information

Vetec is a trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable


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M Utriainen et al.
Journal of neuro-oncology, 62(3), 329-338 (2003-06-05)
The signal of choline containing compounds (Cho) in proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) is elevated in brain tumors. [11C]choline uptake as assessed using positron emission tomography (PET) has also been suggested to be higher in brain tumors than in the
C Servo et al.
Diabetologia, 11(6), 575-580 (1975-12-01)
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or CSF and plasma levels of sorbitol, 1,5-anhydroglucitol and myoinositol of diabetic and non-diabetic patients with normal kidney function and of diabetic and non-diabetic patients with impaired kidney function were measured by gas-liquid chromatography. The CSF sorbitol
L Chang et al.
Neurology, 53(4), 782-789 (1999-09-17)
To determine whether cerebral metabolite abnormalities normalize with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Patients with HIV-cognitive motor complex (HIV-CMC) show cerebral metabolite abnormalities in the early stages of dementia. Sixteen patients with HIV-CMC were evaluated before and after HAART, and
Nathan Czyzewicz et al.
Journal of experimental botany, 66(17), 5367-5374 (2015-07-03)
In the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, over 1000 putative genes encoding small, presumably secreted, signalling peptides can be recognized. However, a major obstacle in identifying the function of genes encoding small signalling peptides is the limited number of available loss-of-function mutants.
M Hallman et al.
Early human development, 10(3-4), 245-254 (1985-01-01)
According to animal studies myoinositol decreases surfactant phosphatidylglycerol and increases phosphatidylinositol. In the present study lung effluent phospholipids and serum myoinositol were analyzed in respiratory distress syndrome (RDS, 19 cases), in other lung disease (6 cases) and in 22 newborn

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