Heneicosane-d44
Heneicosane-d44 is the deuterium labeled Heneicosane (HY-W089845). Heneicosane is a royal-specific pheromone of insects (such as subterranean termites) and is an identification signal for queens and kings in termites. Heneicosane mediates royal recognition and the maintenance of social division of labor by being sensed by worker ants and triggering vibrations and antennal behaviors. Heneicosane can exert anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activities by inhibiting the release of inflammatory mediators (such as prostaglandins and cytokines). At the same time, Heneicosane can also inhibit the mycelial growth of aflatoxin-producing fungi and inhibit the production of aflatoxin. Heneicosane can be used in insect chemical ecology research to analyze the regulatory mechanism of termite social behavior, and is also a potential target for new anti-inflammatory drugs.
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- CAS No.: 39756-37-1
- Formula: C21D44
- Molecular Weight:340.85
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Storage:
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Biological Activity
Description
In Vitro
Stable heavy isotopes of hydrogen, carbon, and other elements have been incorporated into drug molecules, largely as tracers for quantitation during the drug development process. Deuteration has gained attention because of its potential to affect the pharmacokinetic and metabolic profiles of drugs[1].
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Application
1. This compound can be used as a tracer
2. This compound can be used as an internal standard for quantitative analysis by NMR, GC-MS, or LC-MS.
Chemical Information
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CAS No. 39756-37-1
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Molecular Weight 340.85
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Formula C21D44
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SMILES
[2H]C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])C([2H])([2H])[2H]
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Shipping
Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.
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Storage
Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis.
Protocols
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Filamentous Fungal Mold Culture and Sporulation
Filamentous fungal mold culture and sporulation assays grow hyphae under defined nutritional and environmental conditions until asexual spores, commonly conidia, are produced; the main readouts are colony growth, sporulation onset, conidial yield, conidial morphology, viability, and, when relevant, downstream infectivity or stress phenotype.
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Research Protocol for Inflammation-related Diseases
The NLRP3 inflammasome is a cytosolic innate immune signaling platform that integrates priming signals and danger-signal activation to promote caspase-1 activation, maturation of IL-1β and IL-18, and gasdermin D-mediated pyroptotic cell death. The core experimental logic is to determine whether inflammatory disease phenotypes are driven by increased NLRP3 expression, ASC-containing inflammasome assembly, caspase-1 cleavage, GSDMD cleavage, and extracellular release of IL-1β/IL-18 rather than by nonspecific cell injury alone. The pathway is strongly linked to inflammation-related disease phenotypes because monosodium urate crystals activate NALP3/NLRP3 inflammasome signaling in gout-like crystal inflammation, cholesterol crystals activate NLRP3 inflammasomes in atherogenesis models, and DSS-induced intestinal inflammation has been reported to involve NLRP3 inflammasome activity. However, experimental colitis studies also show context-dependent protective effects of NLRP3 inflammasome co
Purity & Documentation
References
[1]. Russak EM, et al. Impact of Deuterium Substitution on the Pharmacokinetics of Pharmaceuticals. Ann Pharmacother. 2019 Feb;53(2):211-216. [Content Brief]
[2]. Colin F Funaro, et al. Identification of a queen and king recognition pheromone in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Apr 10;115(15):3888-3893. [Content Brief]
[4]. Boukaew S, et al. Efficacy of volatile compounds from Streptomyces philanthi RL-1-178 as a biofumigant for controlling growth and aflatoxin production of the two aflatoxin-producing fungi on stored soybean seeds. J Appl Microbiol. 2020 Sep;129(3):652-664. [Content Brief]
Calculators
Concentration (start) × Volume (start) = Concentration (final) × Volume (final)