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L-Galactono-1,4-lactone

≥95.0% (GC)

Synonym(s):

L-Galactonic acid γ-lactone, NSC 25282

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H10O6
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
178.14
Beilstein:
83005
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.25

Quality Level

Assay

≥95.0% (GC)

form

solid

optical activity

[α]/D 78.0±3.0°, c = 1 in H2O

color

white

mp

134  °C ((273 °F))

suitability

conforms to structure for Proton NMR spectrum

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

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

InChI

1S/C6H10O6/c7-1-2(8)5-3(9)4(10)6(11)12-5/h2-5,7-10H,1H2/t2-,3-,4-,5+/m0/s1

InChI key

SXZYCXMUPBBULW-NEEWWZBLSA-N

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Biochem/physiol Actions

Metabolite in the biosynthetic pathway of vitamin C in higher plants.

Other Notes

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Durum wheat plants (Triticum durum cv Creso) were grown in the presence of cadmium (0-40 microM) and analysed after 3 and 7 d for their growth, oxidative stress markers, phytochelatins, and enzymes and metabolites of the ascorbate (ASC)-glutathione (GSH) cycle.
C M Spickett et al.
Free radical biology & medicine, 28(2), 183-192 (2001-04-03)
This study investigated the ability of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to synthesize ascorbate and its 5-carbon analogue erythroascorbate from a variety of precursors, and their importance as antioxidants in this organism. Studies of ascorbate and analogues in micro-organisms have been
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Kernel development and maturation involve several well-characterised events, such as changes in ascorbate (ASC) metabolism, protein synthesis and storage, programmed cell death (PCD) of starchy endosperm and tissue dehydration. Despite many studies focusing on these events, whether and how they
Vincent R Franceschi et al.
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L-Ascorbic acid (AsA) was found to be loaded into phloem of source leaves and transported to sink tissues. When L-[(14)C]AsA was applied to leaves of intact plants of three different species, autoradiographs and HPLC analysis demonstrated that AsA was accumulated
Yongshun Gao et al.
Journal of experimental botany, 62(10), 3647-3657 (2011-03-23)
Ascorbate (AsA) is a redox buffer and enzyme cofactor with various proposed functions in stress responses and growth. The aim was to identify genes whose transcript levels respond to changes in leaf AsA. The AsA-deficient Arabidopsis mutant vtc2-1 was incubated

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