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Kaurenoic acid

≥95% (LC/MS-ELSD)

Synonym(s):

Ent-kaurenoic acid, Kaur-16-en-18-oic acid, Kauren-19-oic acid, Kaurenic acid, Cunabic acid

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C20H30O2
CAS Number:
6730-83-2
Molecular Weight:
302.45
UNSPSC Code:
12352205
PubChem Substance ID:
329824843
NACRES:
NA.25

Assay

≥95% (LC/MS-ELSD)

form

solid

application(s)

metabolomics
vitamins, nutraceuticals, and natural products

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

C=C1C[C@@]23CC[C@]4([H])[C@@](C(O)=O)(C)CCC[C@@]4(C)[C@]2([H])CC[C@@H]1C3

InChI

1S/C20H30O2/c1-13-11-20-10-7-15-18(2,16(20)6-5-14(13)12-20)8-4-9-19(15,3)17(21)22/h14-16H,1,4-12H2,2-3H3,(H,21,22)/t14-,15+,16+,18-,19-,20-/m1/s1

InChI key

NIKHGUQULKYIGE-OTCXFQBHSA-N

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General description

Natural product derived from plant source.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Kaurenoic acid (KA) is a diterpene which displays selective antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria. Kaurenoic acid exhibits uterine relaxant activity via calcium blockade and opening ATP-sensitive potassium channels.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Bruna B de Andrade et al.
Natural product communications, 6(6), 777-780 (2011-08-06)
Ent-kaur-16(17)-en-19-oic acid (kaurenoic acid, KA) is a tetracyclic diterpene prototype for natural anticaries agents. Six KA derivatives were prepared and their antimicrobial activity against the main microorganisms involved in the caries process evaluated. The sodium salt of KA (KA-Na) was
Marco Fambrini et al.
Plant molecular biology, 75(4-5), 431-450 (2011-02-01)
A dwarf mutant, dw arf 2 (dw2), was isolated from sunflower (Helianthus annuus). The most obvious alterations of dw2 plants were the lack of stem growth, reduced size of leaves, petioles and flower organs, retarded flower development. Pollen and ovules
Juan He et al.
Nature plants, 5(10), 1057-1065 (2019-09-19)
Bioactive gibberellins (GAs or diterpenes) are essential hormones in land plants that control many aspects of plant growth and development. In flowering plants, 13-OH GAs (having low bioactivity-for example, GA1) and 13-H GAs (having high bioactivity-for example, GA4) frequently coexist
Suzan Kelly Bertolucci et al.
Planta medica, 75(3), 280-285 (2008-12-20)
MIKANIA GLOMERATA and MIKANIA LAEVIGATA (Asteraceae) are medicinal plants popularly named 'guaco' in Brazil. The leaves of both species are used to treat respiratory diseases, with coumarin (CO) and kaurane-type diterpenes being regarded as the bioactive constituents. A new and
Silvia Marquina et al.
Phytochemistry, 70(17-18), 2017-2022 (2009-10-10)
The diterpenes ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid (1) and ent-beyer-15-en-19-oic acid (2) are the major constituents of a spasmolytic diterpenic mixture obtained from the roots of Viguiera hypargyrea, a Mexican medicinal plant. Microbial transformation of 1 and 2 was performed with Aspergillus niger.
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