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Sigma-Aldrich

Glyceryl trioctanoate

≥95% (GC)

Synonym(s):

1,2,3-Tricapryloylglycerol, 1,2,3-Trioctanoylglycerol, Glycerol tricaprylate, Glycerol trioctanoate, Glyceryl tricaprylate, Tricaprylin, Trioctanoin

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
[CH3(CH2)6COOCH2]2CHOCO(CH2)6CH3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
470.68
Beilstein:
1717202
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.25

biological source

vegetable oil ( (coconut and palm kernel oils))

Assay

≥95% (GC)

form

liquid

bp

233 °C/1 mmHg (lit.)

density

0.956 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

functional group

ester

lipid type

neutral glycerides

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CCCCCCCC(=O)OCC(COC(=O)CCCCCCC)OC(=O)CCCCCCC

InChI

1S/C27H50O6/c1-4-7-10-13-16-19-25(28)31-22-24(33-27(30)21-18-15-12-9-6-3)23-32-26(29)20-17-14-11-8-5-2/h24H,4-23H2,1-3H3

InChI key

VLPFTAMPNXLGLX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Glyceryl trioctanoate has been used:
  • as a solvent for quercetin dihydrate and used to study its healing effect on full thickness epidermal burn wound in Wistar
  • in the preparation of homogenous solution of silver complexes with different ligands to study its healing effect in a Wistar rat model of full-thickness burn
  • in the preparation of oil-water emulsions

Biochem/physiol Actions

Glyceryl trioctanoate might serve as a skin softening agent. It possesses caprylic acid as the aliphatic chain.

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

awg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Influence of emulsifier structure on lipid bioaccessibility in oil-water nanoemulsions
Speranza A, et al.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 61(26), 6505-6515 (2013)
Healing effects of quercetin on full thickness epidermal thermal injury in Wistar rats.
Gouma E, et al.
International journal of phytomedicine, 277-281 (2016)
The
Skin Care and Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary, 180-180 (2014)
M K McKenna et al.
Cancer biology & therapy, 16(7), 1088-1098 (2015-05-29)
Withaferin A (WA), a withanolide from the plant, Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) used in Ayurvedic medicine, has been found to be valuable in the treatment of several medical ailments. WA has been found to have anticancer activity against various solid tumors
Jeong Ho Jeon et al.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 81(5), 865-874 (2008-09-06)
To search for new cold-active lipases, a metagenomic library was constructed using cold-sea sediment samples at Edison Seamount and was screened for lipolytic activities by plating on a tricaprylin medium. Subsequently, a fosmid clone was selected, and the whole sequence

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