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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C12H22O11 · 2H2O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
378.33
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
NACRES:
NA.75
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
202-739-6
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
5322018
MDL number:
Quality Level
biological source
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
product line
BioReagent
assay
≥99%
form
powder
technique(s)
cell culture | insect: suitable, cell culture | mammalian: suitable
solubility
H2O: 50 mg/mL
SMILES string
[H]O[H].[H]O[H].OC[C@H]1O[C@H](O[C@H]2O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H]2O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]1O
InChI
1S/C12H22O11.2H2O/c13-1-3-5(15)7(17)9(19)11(21-3)23-12-10(20)8(18)6(16)4(2-14)22-12;;/h3-20H,1-2H2;2*1H2/t3-,4-,5-,6-,7+,8+,9-,10-,11-,12-;;/m1../s1
InChI key
DPVHGFAJLZWDOC-PVXXTIHASA-N
General description
Trehalose is a non-reducing disaccharide, ubiquitously present in nature. It is used as a food preservative and also to retain enzymes, vaccines, cells and many other molecules. Trehalose is present as hemolymph sugar among the invertebrates.
Application
D-(+)-Trehalose dihydrate has been used in a slow-freezing method for freezing rabbit oocytes. It has also been used in solid-surface vitrification (SSV) of in vitro-matured oocytes. It is suitable for use as a cryoprotectant in a variety of cell freezing media.
Biochem/physiol Actions
Trehalose is essential for embryogenesis, carbon metabolism, photosynthesis and flowering in plants. It predominantly exists among the species that supports anhydrobiosis (life without water). It serves as a carbohydrate reserve in microorganisms and protects them from adverse conditions, such as heat, cold, dehydration, desiccation and oxidation. Trehalose acts as a chemical chaperone affecting protein folding. It is known to prevent amyloid generation and accummulation of β-amyloid in vitro. A similar effect of trehalose has been observed with huntingtin protein aggregation. Thus, it might serve as a protective agent in Alzheimer′s disease and Huntington′s disease.
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Storage Class
11 - Combustible Solids
wgk
WGK 1
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
ppe
Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)
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Production of good-quality porcine blastocysts by in vitro fertilization of follicular oocytes vitrified at the germinal vesicle stage
Somfai T, et al.
Theriogenology, 73, 147-156 (2010)
Trehalose metabolism: from osmoprotection to signaling
Iturriaga G, et al.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 10(9), 3793-3810 (2009)
Developmental competence of in vitro-fertilized porcine oocytes after in vitro maturation and solid surface vitrification: effect of cryopreservation on oocyte antioxidative system and cell cycle stage
Somfai T, et al.
Cryobiology, 55(2), 115-126 (2007)