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myo-Inositol

Name: <I>myo</I>-Inositol
Brand: SIAL

suitable for microbiology, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexahydroxycyclohexane, i-Inositol, meso-Inositol, 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexahydroxycyclohexane, i-Inositol, meso-Inositol

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):

C₆H₁₂O₆

CAS Number:

87-89-8

Molecular Weight:

180.16

UNSPSC Code:

41106212

NACRES:

NA.74

PubChem Substance ID:

329758319

EC Number:

201-781-2

Beilstein/REAXYS Number:

1907329

MDL number:

MFCD00077932

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Properties

vapor density

6.2 (vs air)

Quality Segment

200

assay

≥99.0% (HPLC), ≥99.0%

form

powder

packaging

pkg of 100 g, pkg of 25 g, pkg of 500 g

ign. residue

≤0.2% (as SO₄)

loss

≤0.5% loss on drying, 110 °C

mp

222-227 °C (lit.)

solubility

H₂O: 0.1 g/mL, clear

anion traces

chloride (Cl^-): ≤50 mg/kg, sulfate (SO₄^2-): ≤50 mg/kg

cation traces

As: ≤0.1 mg/kg, Ca: ≤10 mg/kg, Cd: ≤5 mg/kg, Co: ≤5 mg/kg, Cr: ≤5 mg/kg, Cu: ≤5 mg/kg, Fe: ≤5 mg/kg, K: ≤50 mg/kg, Mg: ≤5 mg/kg, Mn: ≤5 mg/kg, Na: ≤50 mg/kg, Ni: ≤5 mg/kg, Pb: ≤5 mg/kg, Zn: ≤5 mg/kg

application(s)

microbiology

SMILES string

O[C@H]1[C@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]1O

InChI

1S/C6H12O6/c7-1-2(8)4(10)6(12)5(11)3(1)9/h1-12H/t1-,2-,3-,4+,5-,6-

InChI key

CDAISMWEOUEBRE-GPIVLXJGSA-N

Description

General description

Myo-inositol (stereoisomer of inositol), a water-soluble six-carbon ring compound, required for growth various of bacteria, fungi and yeasts. Inositol is also a precursor of various biofunctional compounds containing inositol phosphate and lipid. It is a component of membrane phospholipids, glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors that bind glycoproteins to cell membranes, and inositol phosphate second messengers. Myo-inositol plays an important role in cell morphogenesis and cytogenesis, lipid synthesis, structure of cell membranes and cell growth. Various bacteria can grow on Myo-inositol as the sole carbon source.

Application

Myo-inositol is used as a carbon source for the cultivation of various of bacteria, fungi and yeasts in many industries such as food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics

Biochem/physiol Actions

A component of membrane phospholipids, glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors that bind glycoproteins to cell membranes, and inositol phosphate second messengers.

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c