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Sigma-Aldrich

Coenzyme Q2

≥90% (HPLC), liquid, electron carrier

Synonym(s):

2,3-Dimethoxy-5-methyl-6-geranyl-1,4-benzoquinone, Ubiquinone-10

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C19H26O4
CAS Number:
606-06-4
Molecular Weight:
318.41
MDL number:
MFCD00871693
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
24893020
NACRES:
NA.77

product name

Coenzyme Q2, ≥90%

Assay

≥90%

form

liquid

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

CC(C(C(OC)=C1OC)=O)=C(C/C=C(C)/CCC=C(C)C)C1=O

InChI

1S/C19H26O4/c1-12(2)8-7-9-13(3)10-11-15-14(4)16(20)18(22-5)19(23-6)17(15)21/h8,10H,7,9,11H2,1-6H3/b13-10+

InChI key

SQQWBSBBCSFQGC-JLHYYAGUSA-N

Biochem/physiol Actions

Acts as an electron carrier and antioxidant in humans

Other Notes

Non-naturally occurring analog of coenzyme Q10.

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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D F Carr et al.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, 94(6), 695-701 (2013-08-15)
This study aimed to determine whether patients with statin-induced myopathy could be identified using the United Kingdom Clinical Practice Research Datalink, whether DNA could be obtained, and whether previously reported associations of statin myopathy with the SLCO1B1 c.521T>C and COQ2
Yue-Hong Wu et al.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 63(Pt 12), 4574-4579 (2013-08-03)
A Gram-stain-negative, short-rod-shaped bacterium, designated 22DY03(T), was isolated from a sediment sample collected from the East Pacific Rise. The isolate required NaCl and grew best with 3-7 % (w/v) sea salts at temperature of between 30 and 35 °C at pH
K Sakamoto et al.
Biochemistry, 37(43), 15106-15113 (1998-10-28)
The hydrophobic isoprene tail of ubiquinone-2 (Q2) exihibits binding specificity in redox reactions with bovine heart mitochondrial complex I (Ohshima, M., Miyoshi, H., Sakamoto, K., Takegami, K., Iwata, J., Kuwabara, K., Iwamura, H., and Yagi, T. (1998) Biochemistry 37, 6436-6445)
Nithyanand Paramasivam et al.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 63(Pt 5), 1880-1884 (2012-09-25)
A marine bacterial strain, designated MD2(T), was isolated from the damaged tissue of a hydrocoral, Millepora dichotoma, collected from the coral reef in the northern Red Sea, Gulf of Eilat, Israel. Strain MD2(T) was Gram-reaction-negative, rod-shaped and motile, and formed
Sooyeon Park et al.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 64(Pt 4), 1378-1383 (2014-01-23)
A Gram-reaction-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming, non-motile and rod-shaped or ovoid bacterial strain, designated SSK6-1(T), was isolated from the zone where the ocean and a freshwater spring meet at Jeju island, South Korea. Strain SSK6-1(T) grew optimally at 30 °C, at pH
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