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07205

α-Tocotrienol

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

D-α-Tocotrienol, (R)-α-Tocotrienol, [R-(E,E)]-3,4-Dihydro-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyl-3,7,11-tridecatrienyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C29H44O2
CAS Number:
58864-81-6
Molecular Weight:
424.66
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329748367
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
MDL number:
MFCD11045308

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Product Name

α-Tocotrienol, analytical standard

InChI

1S/C29H44O2/c1-20(2)12-9-13-21(3)14-10-15-22(4)16-11-18-29(8)19-17-26-25(7)27(30)23(5)24(6)28(26)31-29/h12,14,16,30H,9-11,13,15,17-19H2,1-8H3/b21-14+,22-16+/t29-/m1/s1

SMILES string

C\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\CC[C@]1(C)CCc2c(C)c(O)c(C)c(C)c2O1

InChI key

RZFHLOLGZPDCHJ-XZXLULOTSA-N

biological source

Elaeis guineensis

grade

analytical standard

assay

≥97.0% (HPLC)

form

liquid
viscous liquid

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

color

colorless to amber

application(s)

detection
vitamins, nutraceuticals, and natural products

format

neat

storage temp.

−20°C

Quality Level

100

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Application

α-Tocotrienol may be used as a reference standard for the analysis of α-Tocotrienol in cereals, in chicken meat and various food samples by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) equipped with fluorescence detection and in hazelnuts by normal phase HPLC combined with diode array detector (DAD).

General description

α-Tocotrienol is one of the isomers of vitamin E.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Application of supercritical fluid chromatography in the quantitative analysis of minor components (carotenes, vitamin E, sterols, and squalene) from palm oil.
Choo YM, et al.
Lipids, 40(4), 429-432 (2005)
Simultaneous determination of tocopherols and tocotrienols in hazelnuts by a normal phase liquid chromatographic method.
Amaral JS, et al.
Analytical Sciences, 21(12), 1545-1548 (2005)
Method for simultaneous analysis of eight vitamin E isomers in various foods by high performance liquid chromatography and fluorescence detection.
Pinheiro-Sant?Ana HM, et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 1218(47), 8496-8502 (2011)
A small-scale sample preparation method with HPLC analysis for determination of tocopherols and tocotrienols in cereals.
Ryynanen M, et al.
J. Food Compos. Anal., 17(6), 749-765 (2004)
Simultaneous determination of vitamin E homologs in chicken meat by liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection.
Hewavitharana AK, et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 1025(2), 313-317 (2004)
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