9-cis-Vitamin A palmitate

Names

[ Name ]:
9-cis-Vitamin A palmitate

[Synonym ]:
6-cis-Vitamin-A-palmitat
Vitamin A palmitate
retinol palmitate
9-cis-Vitamin A Palmitate
9-cis-Retinol Palmitate
9-cis-Retinyl Palmitate
retinyl palmitate

Biological Activity

[Description]:

9-cis-Vitamin A palmitate (9-cis-Retinyl palmitate) is a 9-cis isomer formed by vitamin A palmitate in corn flakes. 9-cis-Vitamin A palmitate has a biological activity of 26% 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 ]:
524.86000

[ Exact Mass ]:
524.45900

[ PSA ]:
26.30000

[ LogP ]:
11.54250

Related Compounds

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