Arabinose

• Description:

  Arabinose is a 5-carbon sugar often found in plants. Arabinose is chiral diastereomer that exhibits specific crystallization behavior. Arabinose can be used as excipients or cocrystallization agents in pharmaceutical formulations. Arabinose is an intermediate for drug synthesis[1][2].

• Product Name Alternative:

  (±) ​-​Arabinose; DL-​Arabinose; dl-​Arabinose

• UNSPSC:

  12352211

• Hazard Statement:

  H302, H315, H319, H335

• Target:

  Endogenous Metabolite

• Type:

  Natural Products

• Related Pathways:

  Metabolic Enzyme/Protease

• Applications:

  Metabolism-sugar/lipid metabolism

• Field of Research:

  Metabolic Disease

• Assay Protocol:

  https://www.medchemexpress.com/arabinose.html

• Purity:

  99.0

• Solubility:

  DMSO : 20 mg/mL (ultrasonic; warming; heat to 60°C) |H2O : 100 mg/mL (ultrasonic; warming; heat to 60°C)

• Smiles:

  OC[C@H]([C@H]([C@@H](C=O)O)O)O

• Molecular Formula:

  C5H10O5

• Molecular Weight:

  150.13

• Precautions:

  H302, H315, H319, H335

• References & Citations:

  [1]I. Schildkraut, (2001) Arabinose, Encyclopedia of Genetics, Academic Press, Page 90, ISBN 9780122270802.|[2]Tyson, B., et al., (2022) . Crystallization Behavior and Crystallographic Properties of dl-Arabinose and dl-Xylose Diastereomer Sugars. Crystal growth & design, 22 (2), 1371–1383.

• Shipping Conditions:

  Room Temperature

• Storage Conditions:

  4°C (Powder, stored under nitrogen, away from moisture)

• Scientific Category:

  Natural Products

• Clinical Information:

  No Development Reported

• Isoform:

  Human Endogenous Metabolite

• CAS Number:

  147-81-9