Glycoscience

Stability Hygroscopic, Temperature Sensitive
Applications Found to exhibit in vitro growth-inhibiting effect on human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line, SK-HEP-1 cells.
References Oh, G-S, et al.: Cancer Letters, 174, 17 ( 2001)

Applications A naturally occuring fibre found in the shells of shellfish. Used for the analysis of Chitinase.
References Skujins, J.J., et al.: Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 111, 358 (1965).

Applications An anthocyanin responsible for red pigment in fruits and berries. It is an antioxidant, protecting the cell against damage from SOD.
References Riihinen, K., et al.: Food Chem., 110, 156 (2008), Khanizadeh, S., et al.: J. Food Comp. Anal., 21, 396 (2008), Viskelis, P., et al.: J. Food Sci., 74, C157 (2009), Comeskey, D., et al.: J. Agric. Food Chem., 57, 2035 (2009),

Applications α-Methylglyceric Acid is a biogenic secondary organic aerosol used in air quality diagnosis.
References Ru, P., et. al.: Environ. Sci. Technol., 48, 8491 (2014); Napelenok, S.L., et. al.: Environ. Sci. Technol., 48, 464 (2014); Stone, E.A., et. al.: Environ. Chem., 9, 263 (2012)

Stability Light Sensitive
Applications Glutaraldehyde is used to disinfect medical and dental equipment. Glutaraldehyde is also used for industrial water treatment and as a preservative.
Not a dangerous good if item is equal to or less than 1g/ml and there is less than 100g/ml in the package
References Karnovsky, M.J., et al.: J. Cell Biol., 27, 137 (1965);

Applications A novel glucosylation enzyme.
References Kuriki, T., et al.: J. Biosci. Bioeng., 87, 557 (1999), Meulenbeld, G., et al.: Biotechnol. Bioeng., 70, 363 (2000), Moon, Y., et al.: J. Agric. Food Chem., 54, 1230 (2006),

Applications D-Fucose is a hexose deoxy sugar found on N-linked glycans that appears on the cell surface of mammalian and plant cells. D-Fucose is also the building block of fucoidan polysaccharide, an sulfated polysaccharide found in various species of brown algae.
References Becker, D.J., et al.: Glycobiol., 13, 41 (2003); Denkova, R., et al.: Food. Environ. Safe., 11, 5 (2012); Janathan, M.C., et al.: Carb. Poly., 93, 232 (2013);

Applications Fucoidan is a polysaccharide composed predominantly of sulfated fucose.

Applications A base component of hemicellulose and pectin, critical biopolymers.
References Alcaro, S., et al.: Bioorg. Med. Chem., 12, 1781 (2004),

Applications 2-O-(a-D-Mannopyranosyl)-D-mannopyranose is a component of yeast Candida catenulata that may provide antigenic effects.
References Kobayashi, H. et al.: Adv. Microbiol., 3, 222 (2013);

Applications Oxalic Acid Ethyl Ester is a useful synthetic intermediate. It is used to synthesize 2-substituted 3-aryl-4(3H)-quinazolinones with anticonvulsant activities. It is also used to prepare nonbenzamidine tetrazole derivatives as factor Xa inhibitors.
References Wolfe, J., et al.: J. Med. Chem., 33, 161 (1009); Quan, M., et al.: bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 13, 369 (2003)

Applications Impurity of β-cyclodextrin (C987830), a cyclic oligosaccharide produced from starch via enzymatic conversion.
References Johnson, M.D., et al.: J. Pharma. Sci., 83, 1142 (1994); Jain, A.C., et al.: Int. J. Pharma., 212, 177 (2001);

Applications Methylcellulose is used as a preservative, thickener and emulsifier in various food and cosmetic substances.
References Otoni, C. et al.: J. Agri. Food Chem., 62, 5214 (2014); Nagai, N. et al.: Toxicol., 319, 53 (2014);

Applications Used to inhibit breakdown of products by beta-hexosaminidase(s) when the culture medium is used as an enzyme source.
References Sasaki, K., et al.: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 94, 14294 (1997)

Applications Maltotetraose is a maltooligosaccharide that is used for research and diagnostic purposes. They can also be used in nutrients and healthcare.
References Ezure, Y. et al.: Biosci. Biotech. Biochem., 61, 1931 (1997); Hatonen, K. et al.: Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 96, 44 (2012);

Applications Lactobionic Acid is used in solutions to preserve organs involved in surgical transplants. Also a potential inhibitor of Trypanosoma cruzi as a lactose derivative.
References Sumimoto, R. et al.: Transplant., 53, 1206 (1992); Mitchell, S. et al.: Cryobiol., 33, 413 (1996); Agusti, R. et al.: 14, 659 (2004);

Applications Iron Dextran is used for preventing and treating iron-deficiency anemia of newborn piglets.
References Amine, E., et al.: J. Agric. Food Chem., 20, 246 (1972), Caperna, T., et al.: J. Anim. Sci., 67, 654 (1989), Mukhopadhyay, C., et al.: J. Biol. Chem., 275, 21048 (2000),

Applications N,N’,N’’-Triacetyl Chitotriose is a multivalent glycosides with strong crosslinking activity for lectin as a specific coagulant.
References Bhattacharyya, L., et al.: Biochemistry, 29, 7523 (1990), Sacchettini, J., et al.: Biochemistry, 40, 3009 (2001), Maierhofer, C., et al.: Bioorg. Med. Chem., 15, 7661 (2007),

Stability Hygroscopic
Applications A metabolite of trans Resveratrol (R150000).
References Schroder, H., et al.: Clin. Nutr., 20, 429 (2001), Yu, C., et al.: Pharm. Res., 19, 1907 (2002), Rimando, A., et al.: J. Agric. Food Chem., 52, 4713 (2004), Walle, T., et al.: Drug Metab. Dispos., 32, 1377 (2004), Ito, H., et al.: Br. J. Nutr., 94, 500 (2005),