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432-68-8-Echinenone Echinenone

Echinenone

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  • CAT Number: R026174
  • CAS Number: 432-68-8
  • Molecular Formula: C40H54O
  • Molecular Weight: 550.871
  • Purity: ≥95%
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Echinenone(cas 432-68-8) is a protective carotenoid, widely distributed in the plant and animal kingdom. In plants it occurs almost always together with chlorophyll.


Catalog Number R026174
CAS Number 432-68-8
Synonyms

β,β-Caroten-4-one; β-Caroten-4-one; all-trans-β-Caroten-4-one; Echinenon; Myxoxanthine; all-trans-Echinenone; β-Echinenone; 2,4,4-Trimethyl-3-((1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)octadeca-1,3,5

Molecular Formula C40H54O
Purity ≥95%
Storage -20°C
IUPAC Name 2,4,4-trimethyl-3-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl)octadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]cyclohex-2-en-1-one
InChI InChI=1S/C40H54O/c1-30(18-13-20-32(3)23-25-36-34(5)22-15-28-39(36,7)8)16-11-12-17-31(2)19-14-21-33(4)24-26-37-35(6)38(41)27-29-40(37,9)10/h11-14,16-21,23-26H,15,22,27-29H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,18-13+,19-14+,25-23+,26-24+,30-16+,31-17+,32-20+,33-21+
InChIKey QXNWZXMBUKUYMD-QQGJMDNJSA-N
SMILES CC1=C(C(CCC1)(C)C)C=CC(=CC=CC(=CC=CC=C(C)C=CC=C(C)C=CC2=C(C(=O)CCC2(C)C)C)C)C
Reference

1: GANGULY J, KRINSKY NI, PINCKARD JH. Isolation and nature of Echinenone, a
provitamin A. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1956 Feb;60(2):345-51. PubMed PMID: 13292911.
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2: GANGULY J, KRINSKY NI, PINCKARD JH, DEUEL HJ Jr. [Carotenoid metabolism. XIV.
Biological activity of echinenone]. Hoppe Seylers Z Physiol Chem. 1953;295:61-6.
Undetermined Language. PubMed PMID: 13128697.

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3: GOODWIN TW, TAHA MM. A study of the carotenoids echinenone and myxo-xanthin
with special reference to their probable identity. Biochem J. 1951
May;48(5):513-4. PubMed PMID: 14838892; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1275365.
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4: GOODWIN TW. Studies in carotenogenesis. 22. The structure of echinenone.
Biochem J. 1956 Jul;63(3):481-3. PubMed PMID: 13341908; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC1216199.

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5: Schwartzel EH, Cooney JJ. Isolation and identification of echinenone from
Micrococcus roseus. J Bacteriol. 1970 Oct;104(1):272-4. PubMed PMID: 5473895;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC248210.

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