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(−)-α-Bisabolol

primary reference standard

Synonym(s):

(−)-6-Methyl-2-(4-methyl-3-cyclohexen-1-yl)-5-hepten-2-ol, Levomenol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C15H26O
CAS Number:
23089-26-1
Molecular Weight:
222.37
EC Number:
208-205-9
MDL number:
MFCD03412455
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
PubChem Substance ID:
329747043
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

primary reference standard

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

manufacturer/tradename

HWI

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

C\C(C)=C\CC[C@](C)(O)[C@H]1CCC(C)=CC1

InChI

1S/C15H26O/c1-12(2)6-5-11-15(4,16)14-9-7-13(3)8-10-14/h6-7,14,16H,5,8-11H2,1-4H3/t14-,15+/m1/s1

InChI key

RGZSQWQPBWRIAQ-CABCVRRESA-N

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General description

Produced and qualified by HWI pharma services GmbH.
Exact content by quantitative NMR can be found on the certificate.

Application

Reference Standard in the analysis of herbal medicinal products

Other Notes

This compound is commonly found in plants of the genus: angelica

Hazard Statements

H412

Precautionary Statements

P273 - P501

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

289.4 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

143 °C - closed cup

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HWI02175
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HWI00345-2

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Christine Tschiggerl et al.
Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 67(2), 129-135 (2012-03-14)
Chamomile (German Chamomile, Matricaria recutita L., Asteraceae) is one of the most popular medicinal plants in use as an herbal tea for food purposes and in folk medicine. Qualitative and semi-quantitative analyses of the volatile fraction of chamomile herbal tea
Rodrigo J B de Siqueira et al.
Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 90(1), 23-35 (2011-12-17)
The present study deals with the pharmacological effects of the sesquiterpene alcohol (-)-α-bisabolol on various smooth-muscle preparations from rats. Under resting tonus, (-)-α-bisabolol (30-300 µmol/L) relaxed duodenal strips, whereas it showed biphasic effects in other preparations, contracting endothelium-intact aortic rings and
Nayrton Flávio Moura Rocha et al.
Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 384(6), 525-533 (2011-08-27)
(-)-α-Bisabolol is an unsaturated, optically active sesquiterpene alcohol obtained by the direct distillation of essential oil from plants such as Vanillosmopsis erythropappa and Matricaria chamomilla. (-)-α-Bisabolol has generated considerable economic interest, as it possesses a delicate floral odour and has
Maryam Yousefi et al.
Natural product research, 25(17), 1629-1634 (2011-10-21)
A study on the volatile oil of Ferula behboudiana by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry showed the presence of 27 compounds. Two disulphide derivatives, 1-sec-butyl-2-[(E)-3-(methylthio) prop-1-enyl] disulphane (1) and 1-sec-butyl-2-[(Z)-3-(methylthio)prop-1-enyl] disulphane (2) (59.4%), were isolated from the oil by
Elisabetta Cavalieri et al.
Journal of translational medicine, 9, 45-45 (2011-04-23)
We previously demonstrated that the plant-derived agent α-bisabolol enters cells via lipid rafts, binds to the pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family protein BID, and may induce apoptosis. Here we studied the activity of α-bisabolol in acute leukemia cells. We tested ex vivo
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