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Cordycepin

from Cordyceps militaris, ≥98% (HPLC), powder, adenosine analogue

Synonym(s):

3′-Deoxyadenosine

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H13N5O3
CAS Number:
73-03-0
Molecular Weight:
251.24
Beilstein:
35194
EC Number:
200-791-4
MDL number:
MFCD00037998
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
24892611
NACRES:
NA.77

product name

Cordycepin, from Cordyceps militaris

biological source

Cordyceps militaris

Quality Level

200

form

powder

antibiotic activity spectrum

fungi

Mode of action

DNA synthesis | interferes
enzyme | inhibits

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

Nc1ncnc2n(cnc12)[C@@H]3O[C@H](CO)C[C@H]3O

InChI

1S/C10H13N5O3/c11-8-7-9(13-3-12-8)15(4-14-7)10-6(17)1-5(2-16)18-10/h3-6,10,16-17H,1-2H2,(H2,11,12,13)/t5-,6+,10+/m0/s1

InChI key

OFEZSBMBBKLLBJ-BAJZRUMYSA-N

Gene Information

rat ... Adora1(29290)

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General description

Chemical structure: nucleoside

Biochem/physiol Actions

Cordycepin is an adenosine analogue that is readily converted to cordycepin 5′-triphosphate; can be used for 3′-end labeling of RNA.

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Pictograms

Skull and crossbones
GHS06

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H301 + H311 + H331

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

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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E N Kodama et al.
Biochemical pharmacology, 59(3), 273-281 (1999-12-28)
The nucleoside analogue cordycepin (3'-deoxyadenosine, 3'-dA) is substantially more cytotoxic to terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase positive (TdT+) leukemic cells than to TdT leukemic cells in vitro in the presence of an adenosine deaminase inhibitor, deoxycoformycin (dCF), and has been considered as
Yukako Chiba et al.
Plant & cell physiology, 54(2), 180-194 (2012-12-12)
Control of mRNA half-life is a powerful strategy to adjust individual mRNA levels to various stress conditions, because the mRNA degradation rate controls not only the steady-state mRNA level but also the transition speed of mRNA levels. Here, we analyzed
Guifen Wu et al.
Cell reports, 30(7), 2387-2401 (2020-02-23)
Degradation of transcripts in human nuclei is primarily facilitated by the RNA exosome. To obtain substrate specificity, the exosome is aided by adaptors; in the nucleoplasm, those adaptors are the nuclear exosome-targeting (NEXT) complex and the poly(A) (pA) exosome-targeting (PAXT) connection.
Ying-Yi Chen et al.
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology, 19(8-9), 768-778 (2012-04-03)
Cancer metastasis is a primary cause of cancer death. Antrodia cinnamomea (A. cinnamomea), a medicinal mushroom in Taiwan, has been shown antioxidant and anticancer activities. In this study, we first observed that ethanol extract of fruiting bodies of A. cinnamomea
Suman K Vodnala et al.
Journal of medicinal chemistry, 56(24), 9861-9873 (2013-11-29)
Novel methods for treatment of African trypanosomiasis, caused by infection with Trypanosoma brucei are needed. Cordycepin (3'-deoxyadenosine, 1a) is a powerful trypanocidal compound in vitro but is ineffective in vivo because of rapid metabolic degradation by adenosine deaminase (ADA). We
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