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G5129

Gentisic acid sodium salt hydrate

≥98%

Synonym(s):

2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid sodium salt, 5-Hydroxysalicylate sodium

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Linear Formula:
C7H5O4Na
CAS Number:
4955-90-2
Molecular Weight:
176.10
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
57654211
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
225-598-2
MDL number:
MFCD00150273
Assay:
≥98%
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200

assay

≥98%

SMILES string

[Na].Oc1ccc(O)c(c1)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C7H6O4.Na.H2O/c8-4-1-2-6(9)5(3-4)7(10)11;;/h1-3,8-9H,(H,10,11);;1H2/q;+1;/p-1

InChI key

SYGYBOPDUUSVNE-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Application

Reactant involved in oxidative coupling reactions followed by the product use as an antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibitor

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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MKCL1229
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MKCG8658
MKCC2280
MKBR9369V

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Rian L Griffiths et al.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 26(13), 1557-1566 (2012-05-29)
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) is a powerful technique for the direct analysis of lipids in complex mixtures and thin tissue sections, making it an extremely attractive method for profiling lipids in health and disease. Lipids are readily detected as [M+H](+)
Ying Xu et al.
PloS one, 7(7), e38701-e38701 (2012-07-19)
Gentisate (2,5-dihydroxybenzoate) is a key ring-cleavage substrate involved in various aromatic compounds degradation. Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC13032 is capable of growing on gentisate and genK was proposed to encode a transporter involved in this utilization by its disruption in the restriction-deficient
Ravi Joshi et al.
Free radical research, 46(1), 11-20 (2011-10-26)
Abstract Antioxidant activity of gentisic acid has been studied using fast chemical kinetics and two in vitro models, namely the isolated rat liver mitochondria (RLM) and the human erythrocytes. The presence of gentisic acid (GA) during irradiation significantly reduced the
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