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X4002

Xanthine

≥99%, synthetic (organic), powder

Synonym(s):

2,6-Dihydroxypurine

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C5H4N4O2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
152.11
NACRES:
NA.51
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
41106305
EC Number:
200-718-6
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
8733
Assay:
≥99%
Biological source:
synthetic (organic)
Form:
powder
Solubility:
1 M NaOH: 0.1 M, clear, colorless to light yellow
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Product Name

Xanthine, BioUltra, ≥99%

biological source

synthetic (organic)

Quality Segment

product line

BioUltra

assay

≥99%

form

powder

impurities

≤0.0005% Phosphorus (P), ≤0.1% Insoluble matter

ign. residue

≤0.1%

solubility

1 M NaOH: 0.1 M, clear, colorless to light yellow

anion traces

sulfate (SO42-): <0.05%

cation traces

Al: ≤0.0005%, Ca: ≤0.0005%, Cu: ≤0.0005%, Fe: ≤0.0005%, K: ≤0.005%, Mg: ≤0.0005%, NH4+: ≤0.05%, Na: ≤0.005%, Pb: ≤0.001%, Zn: ≤0.0005%

SMILES string

O=C1NC(=O)c2nc[nH]c2N1

InChI

1S/C5H4N4O2/c10-4-2-3(7-1-6-2)8-5(11)9-4/h1H,(H3,6,7,8,9,10,11)

InChI key

LRFVTYWOQMYALW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Xanthine is a purine that can be produced in the purine metabolic pathway via different precursors:
  • Guanine deamination by guanine deaminase
  • Hypoxanthine conversion by xanthine oxidoreductase
Xanthine or its derivatives are naturally present in animal organs, yeast, potatoes, coffee beans, and tea.

Application

Xanthine has been used as a substrate for the determination of xanthine oxidase (XOD) inhibitory activity. It has also been used in the following systems:
  • yeast culture
  • human cell line culture
  • recombinant viruses cloned as bacterial artificial chromosomes in Escherichia coli

Biochem/physiol Actions

Xanthine and xanthine oxidase are used to generate superoxide radicals to measure the activity of superoxide dismutase.

Features and Benefits

  • Tested for trace metal content (fuller details in Properties section and on Specification Sheet)
  • Tested for trace sulfate content (fuller details in Properties section and on Specification Sheet)


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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

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