• Home
  • Sitemap
  • Help
  • Technical Support
  • Contact
Toolbar - View Selection
 
Items 1 of 1
ALX-350-101 Revised 03-Apr-08
Catharanthine . tartrate
Add to Clipboard
SYNONYMS 3,4-Didehydroibogamine-18-carboxylic acid methyl ester . tartrate
7-Ethyl-9,10,12,13-tetrahydro-6,9-methano-5H-pyrido[1’,2’:1,2]azepino[4,5-b]indole-6(6aH)-carboxylic acid methyl ester . tartrate
PRODUCT LINE Natural Products / Antibiotics
PRODUCT CATEGORY Natural Products for Cytoskeletal Research
Ordering Information
Product Numbers: Format: Size: Unit Price: Quantity: Add To Cart
ALX-350-101-M100   100 mg 160.00 USD Add To Cart
ALX-350-101-G001   1 g 430.00 USD Add To Cart
Product Specification
FORMULA: C21H24N2O2 . C4H6O6
MW: 336.4 . 150.1
CAS NUMBER: 2648-21-5
MERCK INDEX: 14: 1904
SOURCE/HOST: Isolated from Catharanthus roseus.
PURITY: ≥90%
APPEARANCE: White to off-white powder.
SOLUBILITY: Soluble in 100% ethanol.
SHIPPING: AMBIENT
LONG TERM STORAGE: -20°C
HANDLING: Very hygroscopic. Keep cool and dry.

Product Description

Starting material for the synthesis of the antitumor drugs vinblastine and vincristine.  It is less active as an inhibitor of tubulin self-assembly into microtubules than the latter two compounds.

Product Specific Literature References
Photochemical one-pot synthesis of vinblastine and vincristine: S. Pennanen & A. Huhtikangas; Photochem. Photobiol. 51, 515 (1990) Abstract
Mechanism of interaction of vinca alkaloids with tubulin: catharanthine and vindoline: V. Prakash & S.N. Timasheff; Biochemistry 30, 873 (1991) Abstract
Related Products
Further Categories Containing This Product:
Microtubule Modulators • Natural Products - Antitumor Reagents • Alkaloids
 
 
© 2008 ALEXIS Corporation, Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, Feedbackheader picture © micronaut.ch, another CS2 website

Catalogs / Brochures

E-Newsletter

 

Shopping Cart [0]

 

Distributors

Online Product Ordering

Clipboard [0]

Your items will be kept only for the duration of your visit.