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13-cis-Vitamin A palmitate

Names

[ CAS No. ]:
26771-20-0

[ Name ]:
13-cis-Vitamin A palmitate

Biological Activity

[Description]:

13-cis-Vitamin A palmitate (13-cis-Retinyl palmitate) is a 13-cis isomer formed by vitamin A palmitate in corn flakes. 13-cis-Vitamin A palmitate has a biological activity of 75% of all-trans-vitamin A palmitate, the most biologically ac-tive form of vitamin A[1].

[Related Catalog]:

Research Areas >> Others

[Target]

Human Endogenous Metabolite


[In Vitro]

Of the total vitamin A palmitate content, 5% is the 13-cis and less than 1% is the 9-cis with 94% being all-trans[1].

[References]

[1]. Y.‐S. Kim, et al. Degradation of Vitamin A Palmitate in Corn Flakes During Storage. Journal of Food Science. Volume65, Issue7. October 2000.

[2]. GuangwenTang, et al. Formation of all-trans-retinoic acid and 13-cis-retinoic acid from all-trans-retinyl palmitate in humans. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. Volume 2, Issue 4, April 1991, Pages 210-213.

Chemical & Physical Properties

[ Molecular Formula ]:
C36H60O2

[ Molecular Weight ]:
524.86

Related Compounds