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Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid]
natural origin
Synonym(s):
(R)-3-Hydroxybutyric acid polymerized, PHB
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transition temp
Tm 172 °C (DSC)
SMILES string
CC(O)CC(O)=O
InChI
1S/C12H20O6/c1-8(14)6-11(15)18-10(3)7-12(16)17-9(2)4-5-13/h5,8-10,14H,4,6-7H2,1-3H3
InChI key
QLACRIKFZRFWRU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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General description
Biocompatible, biodegradable polymer.
Application
Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) is a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer produced by several bacterial species, owing to its low resorbability and tunable properties, it may find uses in a variety of applications such as tissue engineering, controlled release systems etc.
Storage Class Code
11 - Combustible Solids
WGK
WGK 3
Flash Point(F)
Not applicable
Flash Point(C)
Not applicable
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Proliferation and skeletal myotube formation capability of C2C12 and H9c2 cells on isotropic and anisotropic electrospun nanofibrous PHB scaffolds.
Biomedical Materials (Bristol, England), 7(3), 035010-035010 (2012)
Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the production of poly-3-d-hydroxybutyrate from xylose.
AMB Express, 5(1), 14-14 (2015)
Molecular mass of poly [(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] produced in a recombinant Escherichia coli.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 47(2), 140-143 (1997)
Chemistry & biodiversity, 9(11), 2343-2366 (2012-11-20)
Poly-(R)-3-hydroxybutyrates (PHB), linear polymers of (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate, are components of all biological cells in which short polymers (<200 monomer residues) are covalently attached to certain proteins and/or noncovalently associated with polyphosphates - inorganic polyphosphate (polyP), RNA, and DNA. The low concentrations
Bioresource technology, 129, 118-126 (2012-12-13)
The aerobic metabolism of a mixture of acetate and starch was studied with main emphasis on their interaction and the effect on their storage as PHB and glycogen, respectively. Pulse feeding strongly increased the storage of both substrates; however, the
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