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Betulin

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Betulinic alcohol, Betulinol, Betulol, Lup-20(29)-ene-3β,28-diol, Trochol

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C30H50O2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
442.72
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

Assay

≥97.5% (TLC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

256-257 °C (lit.)

application(s)

food and beverages

format

neat

SMILES string

[H][C@]12CC[C@]3([H])[C@@]4(C)CC[C@H](O)C(C)(C)[C@]4([H])CC[C@@]3(C)[C@]1(C)CC[C@@]5(CO)CC[C@@H](C(C)=C)[C@]25[H]

InChI

1S/C30H50O2/c1-19(2)20-10-15-30(18-31)17-16-28(6)21(25(20)30)8-9-23-27(5)13-12-24(32)26(3,4)22(27)11-14-29(23,28)7/h20-25,31-32H,1,8-18H2,2-7H3/t20-,21+,22-,23+,24-,25+,27-,28+,29+,30+/m0/s1

InChI key

FVWJYYTZTCVBKE-ROUWMTJPSA-N

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General description

Betulin is a naturally occurring pentacyclic triterpene alcohol with a lupane skeleton, found in large quantities in the bark of white birch. It may possess anticancer and antiviral properties.

Application

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Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

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Health hazard

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

STOT SE 2

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3


Regulatory Listings

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Pharmacological properties of the ubiquitous natural product betulin
Sami A, et al.
European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 29, 1-13 (2006)
Jing Yin et al.
Molecular biology reports, 39(3), 2321-2328 (2011-06-08)
Betulin and oleanolic acids (pentacyclic triterpenoid secondary metabolites) have broad pharmacological activities and can be potentially used for the development of anti-cancer and anti-AIDS drugs. In this study, we detected the accumulation and the distribution characteristics of betulin and oleanolic
Glycopolymers bearing galactose and betulin: Synthesis, encapsulation, and lectin recognition
Ma Z, et al.
Biomacromolecules, 18, 3812-3818 (2017)
René Csuk et al.
European journal of medicinal chemistry, 53, 337-345 (2012-05-15)
Several novel alkylidene branched lupane derivatives have been prepared. Many of these compounds showed a significant cytotoxicity. The most active compound, 2-methylene-betulonic acid, showed IC(50) values between 0.2 and 0.6 μM for 15 different human cancer cell lines. Cytotoxicity can be
Cristina Adriana Dehelean et al.
Natural product communications, 7(8), 981-985 (2012-09-18)
Betulin, an important compound found in birch tree bark, can be converted to betulinic acid, an important pharmacological substance. Betulin has recently been reported as a cytotoxic agent for several tumor cell lines and as an apoptotic inductor. Angiogenesis is

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