Thymine (Standard)

• Description :

  Thymine (Standard) is the analytical standard of Thymine. This product is intended for research and analytical applications. Thymine is one of the four nucleobases in the nucleic acid of DNA and can be a target for actions of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in cancer treatment, with a Km of 2.3 μM.

• UNSPSC :

  12352005

• Target :

  Endogenous Metabolite; Reference Standards

• Type :

  Reference Standards

• Related Pathways :

  Metabolic Enzyme/Protease; Others

• Field of Research :

  Cancer; Metabolic Disease

• Assay Protocol :

  https://www.medchemexpress.com/thymine-standard.html

• Purity :

  99.99

• Smiles :

  O=C1NC(C(C)=CN1)=O

• Molecular Formula :

  C5H6N2O2

• Molecular Weight :

  126.11

• References & Citations :

  [1]Tuchman M, et al. Effects of uridine and thymidine on the degradation of 5-fluorouracil, uracil, and thymine by rat liver dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase. Cancer Res. 1985 Nov;45 (11 Pt 1) :5553-6.

• Shipping Conditions :

  Room Temperature

• Storage Conditions :

  4°C, sealed storage, away from light and moisture

• Scientific Category :

  Reference Standards

• CAS Number :

  [65-71-4]