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L-Allose

≥97.0% (HPLC)

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H12O6
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
180.16
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
PubChem Substance ID:

Assay

≥97.0% (HPLC)

optical activity

[α]/D -13.0±1.0°, c = 1 in H2O

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

OC[C@@H]1OC(O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H]1O

InChI

1S/C6H12O6/c7-1-2-3(8)4(9)5(10)6(11)12-2/h2-11H,1H2/t2-,3-,4-,5-,6?/m0/s1

InChI key

WQZGKKKJIJFFOK-HOWGCPQDSA-N

Application

L-Allose is a pure enantiomer that may be used with other aldose substrates such as D-lyxose, D-mannose, L-ribose, and D-talose to identify, differentiate and characterize aldose isomerase(s) and epimerase(s).

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Other Notes

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Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Eun-Ah Cho et al.
Journal of bacteriology, 189(5), 1655-1663 (2006-12-26)
A newly isolated bacterium, Cohnella laevoribosii RI-39, could grow in a defined medium with L-ribose as the sole carbon source. A 21-kDa protein isomerizing L-ribose to L-ribulose, as well as D-lyxose to D-xylulose, was purified to homogeneity from this bacterium.
Tian Tian et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 66(38), 10067-10076 (2018-09-04)
Emerging research into the bioactivities of indigestible carbohydrates is illuminating the potential of various foods and food streams to serve as novel sources of health-promoting compounds. Oligosaccharides (OS) are widely present in milks and some plants. Our previous research demonstrated
Daniele D'Alonzo et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 73(14), 5636-5639 (2008-06-24)
An expeditious and efficient synthesis of 1,6-anhydro-beta-L-hexopyranosyl derivatives 3 as valuable building blocks for the preparation of L-sugars is herein reported. This route relies upon the use of a domino reaction involving five synthetic steps from the 5,6-dihydro-1,4-dithiin 4. As
Dhananjoy Mondal et al.
Carbohydrate research, 345(11), 1533-1540 (2010-05-19)
Conformationally constrained amino acid analogs are widely used to probe the bioactive conformation of peptides. In this paper we report on the synthesis of hexafunctional allose-templated L- and D-hydroxyornithine and L- and D-hydroxyarginine analogs in which the allose-based polyol scaffold
Nobumitsu Miyanishi et al.
Biosensors & bioelectronics, 26(1), 126-130 (2010-06-15)
Rare sugars are defined as monosaccharides and their derivatives that rarely exist in nature, according to the International Society of Rare Sugars. D-Allose (3-epi d-glucose) is one of the rare sugars, for which various physiological activities have recently been found

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