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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:
87-89-8
Molecular Weight:
180.16
Beilstein:
1907329
EC Number:
201-781-2
MDL number:
MFCD00077932
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
PubChem Substance ID:
329829891

grade

reagent grade

vapor density

6.2 (vs air)

product line

Vetec™

Assay

99%

mp

222-227 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

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

InChI

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

InChI key

CDAISMWEOUEBRE-GPIVLXJGSA-N

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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

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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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
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
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
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.
Pascal M Groenen et al.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 189(6), 1713-1719 (2004-01-08)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the maternal and children's myo-inositol, glucose, and zinc status in association with spina bifida risk. Sixty-three mothers and 70 children with spina bifida and 102 control mothers and 85 control children were
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