List of articles in "Chemical Substance" category - Page 641

Methylmalonic acid (MMA) is a dicarboxylic acid that is a C-methylated derivative of malonate. The coenzyme A linked form of methylmalonic acid methylmalonyl-CoA is converted into succinyl-CoA by methylmalonyl-CoA mutase […]

8-Aminoquinoline is a form of aminoquinoline with an amine at the 8-position of quinoline.The 8-aminoquinoline family of drugs contains three members primaquine tafenoquine and pamaquine and are used in the […]

Ursolic acid (sometimes referred to as urson prunol malol or 3-beta-3-hydroxy-urs-12-ene-28-oic-acid) is a pentacyclic triterpene acid used in cosmetics that is also capable of inhibiting various cancer cell types by […]

Chrysolaminarin is a linear polymer of β(1→3) and β(1→6) linked glucose units in a ratio of 11:1. It used to be known as leucosin. Chrysolaminarin is arguably one of the […]

Phenylacetylcarbinol (PAC) is an organic compound that has two enantiomers one with R- and one with S-configuration. (R)-PAC which is commonly called L-PAC is known as a precursor in the […]

Cyclooctane is a cycloalkane with the molecular formula (CH2)8. It is a simple colourless hydrocarbon but it is often a reference compound for saturated eight-membered ring compounds in general.

Ethanedisulfonic acid is a diprotic sulfonic acid with pKa values of -1.46 and -2.06 making it a very strong acid. When used in pharmaceutical formulations to form salts with the […]

Hexamethylenediamine is the organic compound with the formula H2N(CH2)6NH2. The molecule is a diamine consisting of a hexamethylene hydrocarbon chain terminated with amine functional groups. The colorless solid (yellowish for […]

Berberine is a quaternary ammonium salt from the protoberberine group of isoquinoline alkaloids. It is found in such plants as Berberis [e.g.

Hexane-25-dione is an aliphatic diketone. It is a toxic metabolite of hexane and of 2-hexanone.