PHR1239

β-Carotene

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

• Synonym(s): β,β-Carotene, Provitamin A
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₄₀H₅₆
• CAS Number: 7235-40-7
• Molecular Weight: 536.87
• Beilstein: 1917416
• EC Number: 230-636-6
• MDL number: MFCD00001556
• PubChem Substance ID: 329823244
• NACRES: NA.24

Properties

• grade: certified reference material; pharmaceutical secondary standard
• Quality Level: 300
• Agency: traceable to USP 1065480
• form: solid
• CofA: current certificate can be downloaded
• technique(s): HPLC: suitable; gas chromatography (GC): suitable
• application(s): food and beverages
• format: neat
• storage temp.: -10 to -25°C
• SMILES string: CC1=C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C2=C(C)CCCC2(C)C)C(C)(C)CCC1
• InChI: 1S/C40H56/c1-31(19-13-21-33(3)25-27-37-35(5)23-15-29-39(37,7)8)17-11-12-18-32(2)20-14-22-34(4)26-28-38-36(6)24-16-30-40(38,9)10/h11-14,17-22,25-28H,15-16,23-24,29-30H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,19-13+,20-14+,27-25+,28-26+,31-17+,32-18+,33-21+,34-22+
• InChI key: OENHQHLEOONYIE-JLTXGRSLSA-N

Description

General description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.
β-Carotene is an antioxidant and is one of the most important carotenoids and a source of vitamin A. It is abundantly present in fruits and vegetables which is also used as a food supplement and a colorant.

Application

β-Carotene may be used as a pharmaceutical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in serum, plasma samples, fruits and vegetables by various chromatography techniques.

These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Biochem/physiol Actions

The most important of the provitamins A, β-carotene can be classified as an antioxidant due to its inhibition of radical initiated peroxidation in vitro. However, in vivo it appears to act either as an antioxidant or a prooxidant depending on cellular environment. It reduces the incidence of many cancers, but enhances lung cancer incidence in smokers.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP, EP (PhEur) and BP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.

Footnote

To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAC0284 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 11 - Combustible Solids
• WGK: WGK 1
• Flash Point(F): 217.9 °F - closed cup
• Flash Point(C): 103.3 °C - closed cup