Aminoacids and derivatives

<p>Applications CEL and CML are two stable, nonenzymatic chemical modifications of protein lysine residues resulting from glycation and oxidation reactions.<br>References Fu, M.X., et al.: J. Biol. Chem., 271, 9982 (1996), Ahmed M.U., et al.: Biochem.J., 324, 565 (1997), Schleicher, E.D., et al.: J. Clin. Invest., 99, 457 (1997), Shibayama, R., et al.: Diabetes, 48, 1842 (1999),<br></p>

<p>Applications N-Methyl-N-nitroso-1-octadecylamine was found to present in various hair-care products when investigated through thermal energy analyzer.<br>References Morrison, J.B., et al.: Food. Chem. Toxicol., 21, 69 (1983); Rainey, W.T., et al.: Biomed. Mass. Spec., 5, 395 (1978);<br></p>

<p>Applications N-Hydroxyphthalimide is used in the synthesis of a new class of antibacterials potent against macrolide resistant bacteria. Also used in the synthesis of pyrazolidines, isoxazolidines and tetrahydrooxazines.<br>References Agouridas, C. et al.: J. Med. Chem., 41, 4080 (1998); La Londe, R. et al.: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49, 598 (2010);<br></p>

<p>Applications A metabolite of Malatonin.<br>References Young, I., et al.: J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 60, 114 (1985), Barrenetxe, J., et al.: J. Physiol. Biochem., 60, 61 (2004),<br></p>

<p>Applications L-Homocysteine Thiolactone Hydrochloride is used to prepare substituted homocysteine analogs as inhibitors of peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase. It is also used to synthesize (mercaptoacyl)alanylprolines as metalloprotease inhibitors.<br>References Erion, M., et al.: J. Med. Chem., 37, 4430 (1994); Slusarchyk, W., et al.: Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 5, 753 (1995)<br></p>

<p>Stability Hygroscopic<br>Applications Biogenic polyamine formed from spermidine and occurring in almost all tissues. Essential for both normal and neoplastic tissue growth. Involved in the modulation of calcium-dependent immune processes.<br> Not a dangerous good if item is equal to or less than 1g/ml and there is less than 100g/ml in the package<br>References Israel, et al.: J. Med. Chem., 7, 710 (1964), Janne, J., et al.: Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 473, 241 (1978). Theoharides, T.C., et al.: Life Sci., 27, 703 (1980), Horn, Y., et al.: Cancer Res., 42, 3248 (1982),<br></p>

<p>Applications A labelled, essential amino acid.<br>References Liu, F., et al.: Bioorg. Med. Chem., 18, 4167 (2010), Kumar, R., et al.: Eur. J. Med. Chem., 45, 2265 (2010), Cai, W., et al.: Bioorg. Med. Chem., 18, 1899 (2010),<br></p>

<p>Applications Methyl 6-aminohexanoate is used as a reagent to synthesize straight chain hydroxamates, compounds that act as inhibitors of Human Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) that have the potential to treat cancer. Methyl 6-aminohexanoate is also sometimes used as a spacer unit for peptide synthesis.<br>References Matthews, S., et al.: J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 17, 1809 (1995); Remiszewski, S., et al.: J. Med. Chem., 45, 753 (2002)<br></p>

<p>Applications Glycine-15N is the labelled form of Glycine (G615990). Glycine is a non-essential amino acid for human development. Glycine is an inhibitory neurotransmitter in spinal cord, allosteric regulator of NMDA receptors.<br>References Scott, D., et al.: J. Neurosci., 21, 3063 (2001); Laube, B., et al.: Neuropharmacology, 47, 994 (2004); Papadakis, M., et al.: J. Biol. Chem., 279, 14703 (2004); Chen, P., et al.: Mol. Pharmacol., 67, 1470 (2005); Wolosker, H., et al.: Mol. Neurobiol., 36, 152 (2007)<br></p>

<p>Applications A labelled imidazole, a versatile heterocycle used in the preparation of various biologically active compounds such as the amino acid histidine and is present in many antifungal medication. It is also used extensively as a corrosion inhibitor on transition metals such as copper.<br> Not a dangerous good if item is equal to or less than 1g/ml and there is less than 100g/ml in the package<br>References Arispe, N. et al.: Biophys. J., 95, 4879 (2008); Troesken, E.R. et al.: Endo. Res., 30, 387 (2004); Otmacic Curkovic, H. et al.: Corr. Sci., 51, 2342 (2009);<br></p>

<p>Stability Hygroscopic<br>Applications A metabolite of Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT).<br>References Breithaupt, T., et al.: J. Exp. Biol., 202, 837 (1999), Endo, T., et al.: Toxicology, 153, 189 (2000), Sneddon, L., et al.: J. Exp. Biol., 203, 537 (2000), Stuart, J., et al.: J. Neurochem., 84, 1358 (2003),<br></p>