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α-Carotene

α-Carotene

Item no.	HY-113462-1mg
Manufacturer	MedChem Express
CASRN	7488-99-5
Amount	1 mg
Quantity options	1 mg 5 mg
Category	Inhibitors & Compound Libraries Small Molecules
Type	Inhibitors
Specific against	other
Purity	99.0
Citations	[1]Bushway, R.J., et al. Determination of α- and β-carotene in fruit and vegetables by high performance liquid chromatography. Can. Inst. Food Sci. Technol. J. 15(3), 165-169 (1982).\|[2]Liu YZ, et al. Alpha-carotene inhibits metastasis in Lewis lung carcinoma in vitro, and suppresses lungmetastasis and tumor growth in combination with taxol in tumor xenografted C57BL/6 mice. J Nutr Biochem. 2015 Jun;26(6):607-15.\|[3]Murakoshi M, et al. Inhibitory effects of alpha-carotene on proliferation of the human neuroblastoma cell line GOTO. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1989 Nov 1;81(21):1649-52.
Smiles	CC1(C)[C@@H](/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C2=C(C)CCCC2(C)C)C(C)=CCC1
ECLASS 10.1	32160490
ECLASS 11.0	32160490
UNSPSC	12000000
Shipping Condition	Cool pack
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Manufacturer - Type	Natural Products
Manufacturer - Applications	Cancer-Kinase/protease
Manufacturer - Targets	Others
Shipping Temperature	Blue Ice
Storage Conditions	-20°C, 3 years (Powder)
Molecular Weight	536.87
Product Description	α-Carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, is used as an anti-metastatic agent or as an adjuvant for anti-cancer agents. α-Carotene is isolated from yellow-orange and dark-green vegetables[1][2].
Manufacturer - Research Area	Cancer
Solubility	DMSO: 1 mg/mL (ultrasonic; warming)
Manufacturer - Pathway	Others
Clinical information	No Development Reported

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