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M9768

Cysteamine

~95%

Synonym(s):

β-Mercaptoethylamine, 2-Aminoethanethiol, 2-Mercaptoethylamine, Decarboxycysteine, MEA, Thioethanolamine

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Linear Formula:
NH2CH2CH2SH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
77.15
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
200-463-0
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
635649
MDL number:

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Product Name

Cysteamine, ~95%

InChI key

UFULAYFCSOUIOV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C2H7NS/c3-1-2-4/h4H,1-3H2

SMILES string

NCCS

assay

~95%

form

solid

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

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300703008015014
assay

~95%

assay

≥98.0% (RT)

assay

≥97.0% (RT)

assay

≥99%

Quality Level

200

Quality Level

200

Quality Level

200

Quality Level

200

form

solid

form

-

form

crystals

form

liquid

storage temp.

2-8°C

storage temp.

2-8°C

storage temp.

2-8°C

storage temp.

-

Application

Cysteamine is an amino thiol drug mainly used in the treatment of cystinosis.[1] It is an antioxidant with chemo-sensitizing and radioprotective properties.[2]

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves


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Ravendra Naidoo et al.
Bacteriophage, 2(1), 15-24 (2012-06-06)
Bacteriophages offer interesting alternatives to antibodies for the specific capture and detection of pathogenic bacteria onto biosensing surfaces. Procedures for the optimal chemical immobilization of lytic bacteriophages onto surfaces are presented. More specifically, the removal of lysate contaminants from bacteriophage
Cysteamine suppresses invasion, metastasis and prolongs survival by inhibiting matrix metalloproteinases in a mouse model of human pancreatic cancer.
Fujisawa T, et al.
PLoS ONE, 7(4), e34437-e34437 (2012)
L Vécsei et al.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 14(6), 835-862 (1990-01-01)
1. Cysteamine is formed by degradation of coenzyme A (CoA) and causes somatostatin (SS), prolactin and noradrenaline depletion in the brain and peripheral tissues. 2. Cysteamine influences several behavioral processes, like active and passive avoidance behavior, open-field activity, kindled seizures
Dandan Fang et al.
Mikrochimica acta, 186(9), 608-608 (2019-08-09)
An ultrasensitive competitive-type electrochemiluminescence immunoassay for the mycotoxin zearalenone is described. The method is based on the use of (a) a mimotope peptide that was selected from a phage displayed peptide library and used to substitute ZEN for designing the
Martine Besouw et al.
Drug discovery today, 18(15-16), 785-792 (2013-02-19)
Cysteamine is an amino thiol with the chemical formula HSCH2CH2NH2. Endogenously, cysteamine is derived from coenzyme A degradation, although its plasma concentrations are low. Most experience with cysteamine as a drug originates from the field of the orphan disease cystinosis

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