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3-Butylidenephthalide

mixture of cis and trans isomers, ≥96%, FG

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C12H12O2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
188.22
FEMA Number:
3333
EC Number:
Council of Europe no.:
10083
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12164502
PubChem Substance ID:
Flavis number:
10.024
NACRES:
NA.21

biological source

synthetic

grade

FG
Halal
Kosher

reg. compliance

EU Regulation 1334/2008 & 872/2012
FDA 21 CFR 110

assay

≥96%

refractive index

n20/D 1.577 (lit.)

bp

139-142 °C/5 mmHg (lit.)

density

1.103 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

flavors and fragrances

documentation

see Safety & Documentation for available documents

food allergen

no known allergens

organoleptic

herbaceous

SMILES string

CCC\C=C1/OC(=O)c2ccccc12

InChI

1S/C12H12O2/c1-2-3-8-11-9-6-4-5-7-10(9)12(13)14-11/h4-8H,2-3H2,1H3/b11-8-

InChI key

WMBOCUXXNSOQHM-FLIBITNWSA-N

General description

3-Butylidenephthalide is a bioactive phthalide compound of Chuanxiong rhizoma, a Chinese herbal medicine used for treating headache obtained from the root of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

235.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

113 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter


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Yung-Luen Yu et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 58(3), 1630-1638 (2010-01-02)
Epigenetic alteration of DNA methylation plays an important role in the regulation of gene expression associated with chemosensitivity of human hepatocellular (HCC) carcinoma cells. With the aim of improving the chemotherapeutic efficacy for HCC, the effect of the naturally occurring
Ju-Ching Yeh et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1236, 132-138 (2012-03-31)
In natural product research, it is a common experience that fractionation of biologically-active crude extracts can lead to the loss of their original activity. This is attributed to synergistic effects, where two or more components are required to be present
Chyou-wei Wei et al.
Acta pharmacologica Sinica, 30(9), 1297-1306 (2009-08-25)
To investigate the role of hTERT gene expression and AP-2alpha in n-butylidenephthalide (n-BP)-induced apoptosis in A549 lung cancer cells. Viability of A549 cells was measured by MTT assay. Protein expression was determined by Western blot. Telomerase activity was measured using
Sheng-Chun Chiu et al.
PloS one, 7(3), e33742-e33742 (2012-04-04)
N-butylidenephthalide (BP) exhibits antitumor effect in a variety of cancer cell lines. The objective of this study was to obtain additional insights into the mechanisms involved in BP induced cell death in human prostate cancer cells. Two human prostate cancer
Li-Fu Chang et al.
Journal of surgical oncology, 103(5), 442-450 (2011-01-20)
In previous study, n-butylidenephthalide (BP), a natural compound from Angelica sinensis, has anti-glioblastoma multiform (GBM) cell effects. In this study, we modified BP structure to increase anti-GBM cell effects. The anti-GBM cell effects of one derivative of BP, (Z)-N-(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl)-2-(3-((3-oxoisobenzofuran-1(3H)-ylidene)methyl)phenoxy)acetamide (PCH4)

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