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H9636

Hypoxanthine

powder, suitable for cell culture, BioReagent

Synonym(s):

6-Hydroxypurine

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C5H4N4O
CAS Number:
68-94-0
Molecular Weight:
136.11
NACRES:
NA.75
PubChem Substance ID:
24895864
UNSPSC Code:
12352207
EC Number:
200-697-3
MDL number:
MFCD00005725
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
5811

Product Name

Hypoxanthine, powder, BioReagent, suitable for cell culture

InChI key

FDGQSTZJBFJUBT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C5H4N4O/c10-5-3-4(7-1-6-3)8-2-9-5/h1-2H,(H2,6,7,8,9,10)

SMILES string

O=C1NC=Nc2nc[nH]c12

product line

BioReagent

assay

≥99%

form

powder

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

mp

>300 °C (lit.)

solubility

formic acid: water (2:1): 50 mg/mL

Quality Level

200

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Application

Hypoxanthine is a nutrient additive for a variety of cell culture applications involving bacterial, parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) and animal cells. Hypoxanthine is a component of selection media used in hybridoma technologies.
Hypoxanthine has been used:
  • as a supplement in HEPES (4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid) -buffered Roswell park memorial institute (RPMI) to culture Plasmodium falciparum strain IT/FCR3
  • in the preparation of Dulbecco′s modified eagle′s medium (DMEM) + MXH for the selection of chimeric modified vaccinia virus ankara (MVA)
  • to generate superoxide anions
  • to prepare hybridoma selection and maintenance media.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Hypoxanthine is capable of stimulating cell death. It can also induce reactive oxygen species (ROS). It results in endothelial dysfunction via apoptosis, stimulated by oxidative stress.

General description

Hypoxanthine (6-hydroxypurine), a purine derivative is a naturally occurring compound. It is the deaminated form of adenine and a breakdown product of adenosine monophosphate (AMP).

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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0000522649
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0000522650
0000478211

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Hypoxanthine causes endothelial dysfunction through oxidative stress-induced apoptosis
Kim YJ, et al.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 482(4), 821-827 (2017)
Construction of FWPV Chimaeric MVA
Buttigieg KR, et al.
Bio-protocol, 5(1), 1-11 (2019)
Biochemical Methods of Estimating the Time Since Death
Human Body Decomposition, 53-90 (2016)
Binding of Plasmodium falciparum to CD36 can be shielded by the glycocalyx
Hempel C, et al.
Malaria Journal, 16(1), 1-11 (2017)
Diana Tamayo et al.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 10(3), e0004481-e0004481 (2016-03-11)
The ability of Paracoccidioides to defend itself against reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by host effector cells is a prerequisite to survive. To counteract these radicals, Paracoccidioides expresses, among different antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutases (SODs). In this study, we identified
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