Arabinose

Arabinose is a 5-carbon sugar often found in plants. Arabinose is chiral diastereomer that exhibits specific crystallization behavior. Arabinose can be used as excipients or cocrystallization agents in pharmaceutical formulations. Arabinose is an intermediate for drug synthesis[1][2].

Product Specifications

CAS Number

[147-81-9]

Product Name Alternative

(±) -Arabinose; DL-Arabinose; dl-Arabinose

UNSPSC

12352211

Hazard Statement

H302, H315, H319, H335

Target

Endogenous Metabolite

Type

Natural Products

Related Pathways

Metabolic Enzyme/Protease

Applications

Metabolism-sugar/lipid metabolism

Field of Research

Metabolic Disease

Assay Protocol

https://www.medchemexpress.com/arabinose.html

Purity

99.0

Solubility

DMSO : 20 mg/mL (ultrasonic; warming; heat to 60°C) |H2O : 100 mg/mL (ultrasonic; warming; heat to 60°C)

Smiles

OC[C@H]([C@H]([C@@H](C=O)O)O)O

Molecular Formula

C5H10O5

Molecular Weight

150.13

Precautions

H302, H315, H319, H335

References & Citations

[1]I. Schildkraut, (2001) Arabinose, Encyclopedia of Genetics, Academic Press, Page 90, ISBN 9780122270802.|[2]Tyson, B., et al., (2022) . Crystallization Behavior and Crystallographic Properties of dl-Arabinose and dl-Xylose Diastereomer Sugars. Crystal growth & design, 22 (2), 1371–1383.