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Sigma-Aldrich

Sodium phenylbutyrate

≥98% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

4-PBA, 4-Phenylbutyric acid, 4-phenylbutyrate, Buphenyl, Sodium 4-phenylbutyrate, TriButyrate

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H11NaO2
CAS Number:
1716-12-7
Molecular Weight:
186.18
MDL number:
MFCD00800247
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
329825314
NACRES:
NA.77

Assay

≥98% (HPLC)

form

powder

color

white to beige

solubility

H2O: ≥5 mg/mL

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

[Na+].[O-]C(=O)CCCc1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C10H12O2.Na/c11-10(12)8-4-7-9-5-2-1-3-6-9;/h1-3,5-6H,4,7-8H2,(H,11,12);/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

VPZRWNZGLKXFOE-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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General description

Sodium phenylbutyrate stimulates urinary nitrogen excretion. It is a prodrug, which undergoes β-oxidation to phenylacetate. Sodium phenylbutyrate is used to treat urea cycle disorder. It might be associated with menstrual dysfunction, amenorrhea and painful mucositis of the esophagus and stomach.

Application

Sodium phenylbutyrate has been used as an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress inhibitor to study the role of ER stress in the expression of betatrophin.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Sodium phenylbutyrate is a histone deacetylase inhibitor.

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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The Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurologic and Psychiatric Disease (2008)
Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 17 (2014)
Phase 2 comparison of a novel ammonia scavenging agent with sodium phenylbutyrate in patients with urea cycle disorders: safety, pharmacokinetics and ammonia control
Lee B, et al.
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 100(3), 221-228 (2010)
Association between betatrophin/ANGPTL8 and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: animal and human studies
Lee YH, et al.
Scientific Reports, 6(3), 24013-24013 (2016)
Xiujing Dou et al.
Food & nutrition research, 62 (2018-12-24)
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