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10 mg | Please contact Customer Service for Availability | €40.20 |
500 mg | Please contact Customer Service for Availability | €321.00 |
1 g | Please contact Customer Service for Availability | €581.00 |
About This Item
Linear Formula:
NH2CH2C(O)CH2CH2COOH · HCl
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
167.59
UNSPSC Code:
12352209
NACRES:
NA.75
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
226-679-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3690651
MDL number:
product line
BioReagent
Quality Segment
assay
≥98%
form
powder
technique(s)
cell culture | mammalian: suitable
solubility
H2O: 50 mg/mL
storage temp.
−20°C
SMILES string
Cl[H].NCC(=O)CCC(O)=O
InChI
1S/C5H9NO3.ClH/c6-3-4(7)1-2-5(8)9;/h1-3,6H2,(H,8,9);1H
InChI key
ZLHFONARZHCSET-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Application
5-Aminolevulinic acid formed from glycine and succinyl CoA by ALA synthase is the first compound in prophyrin biosynthesis pathway. 5-Aminolevulinic acid is used in photodynamic therapy. This compound may be used to study the effects of photodynamic therapy in vitro.
Biochem/physiol Actions
Intermediate in heme biosynthesis.
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| form powder | form powder or crystals | form powder | form powder |
| assay ≥98% | assay ≥98.0% | assay ≥98% | assay 98.5-101.0% |
| technique(s) cell culture | mammalian: suitable | technique(s) cell culture | mammalian: suitable | technique(s) ligand binding assay: suitable | technique(s) cell culture | mammalian: suitable |
| product line BioReagent | product line BioReagent | product line - | product line - |
| storage temp. −20°C | storage temp. - | storage temp. −20°C | storage temp. room temp |
| solubility H2O: 50 mg/mL | solubility H2O: 50 mg/mL | solubility - | solubility water: 100 mg/mL, clear, colorless |
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Storage Class
11 - Combustible Solids
wgk
WGK 3
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
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