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(S)-(+)-4-Amino-3-hydroxybutyric acid

97%

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C4H9NO3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
119.12
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352116
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

Assay

97%

optical activity

[α]20/D +20.0°, c = 1.7 in H2O

mp

207-212 °C

SMILES string

NC[C@@H](O)CC(O)=O

InChI

1S/C4H9NO3/c5-2-3(6)1-4(7)8/h3,6H,1-2,5H2,(H,7,8)/t3-/m0/s1

InChI key

YQGDEPYYFWUPGO-VKHMYHEASA-N

General description

(S)-(+)-4-Amino-3-hydroxybutyric acid [(S)-GABOB] can be prepared starting from ethyl (S)-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutyrate.

Storage Class Code

11 - 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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D Jordan et al.
Brain research, 268(1), 105-110 (1983-05-23)
Various doses of GABA from 0.25 to 5 mumol injected into the third ventricle decrease serum TSH rapidly. The same effect was observed with GABOB (10 mumol), the hydroxylated form of GABA. The inhibitory effect of both of these drugs
T W Stone
European journal of pharmacology, 128(1-2), 81-83 (1986-08-22)
Kynurenine and kynurenic acid are known to produce convulsions in rats and mice and it has been reported that kynurenine can displace GABA from its neuronal binding sites. The present study shows that neither kynurenine nor kynurenic acid are antagonist
[Neurochemical aspects of the pharmacology of GABAergic substances].
K S Raevskiĭ
Farmakologiia i toksikologiia, 44(5), 517-529 (1981-09-01)
GABAergic control of anterior pituitary function in humans.
G B Melis et al.
Advances in biochemical psychopharmacology, 42, 219-242 (1986-01-01)
T Hata et al.
Nihon yakurigaku zasshi. Folia pharmacologica Japonica, 91(3), 163-171 (1988-03-01)
SART-stressed (repeated cold-stressed) rats, experimental model animals for vagotonic-type dysautonomia, have been reported to show EEG with lower-amplitude fast waves during resting-arousal and higher-amplitude slow waves during slow-wave sleep compared to normal rats. In this report, the effects of certain

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