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L3750

β-Lactose

≤30% α-anomer basis, ≥99% total lactose basis

Synonym(s):

β-D-Gal-(1→4)-β-D-Glc

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C12H22O11
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
342.30
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
EC Number:
227-751-9
MDL number:
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biological source

bovine milk

Quality Segment

assay

≥99% total lactose basis

form

powder

concentration

≥30% (α-anomer)

color

white to off-white

solubility

water: 50 mg/mL, clear, colorless

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

OC[C@H]1O[C@@H](O[C@H]2[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)O[C@@H]2CO)[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H]1O

InChI

1S/C12H22O11/c13-1-3-5(15)6(16)9(19)12(22-3)23-10-4(2-14)21-11(20)8(18)7(10)17/h3-20H,1-2H2/t3-,4-,5+,6+,7-,8-,9-,10-,11-,12+/m1/s1

InChI key

GUBGYTABKSRVRQ-DCSYEGIMSA-N

General description

Lactose is an important disaccharide in human nutrition, culinary goods, and pharmaceuticals. β-lactose is an isomeric form that is rarely found in nature.

Application

β-Lactose has been used:
  • to treat HL-1 cells followed by phorbol dibutyrate (PDB) treatment to study if protein kinase C (PKC) -stimulated accumulation is mediated through galectin-3
  • as a component of a media to analyze the extracellular production of protein
  • along with recombinant galectin-3 to treat cells for the detection of galectin-3 cell surface binding
  • along with recombinant galectin-3 or a control protein to stimulate T cells for apoptosis assay

Biochem/physiol Actions

Lactose, an excipient in a various medication, is used as an additive in a variety of foods. It is utilized as a commercial additive in the food industry due to its texture, flavor, and adhesive characteristics.
Beta-Lactose is the beta-pyranose form of the compound lactose.

Other Notes

To gain a comprehensive understanding of our extensive range of Disaccharides for your research, we encourage you to visit our Carbohydrates Category page.


Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)



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