87-89-8 Usage
Vitamin B class
Inositol belongs to the vitamins B class. Because of the different orientation of the relative ring plane of hydroxyl, it has a total of nine kinds of isomers, including 7 of non-optically active form, two kinds of optically active (L-form and D-form). In nature, it is widely distributed in all living tissues as either free or bound state, and is a common component presented in animal and plant cells. It can be synthesized by gastrointestinal microbes, being involved in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in the body. It is mainly presented in the form of phosphatidylinositol in animal. It is most abundant in brain, heart and skeletal muscle. It is mainly in the form inositol phosphate in plants, and can bind with calcium, zinc and iron into insoluble compounds, which interfere with their digestion and absorption. Lack of inositol in daily diet can cause hair loss, and negatively affect development. Inositol is related to the intracellular calcium metabolism where its triphosphate derivative can be released from lipid conjugate after cell is stimulated, thus playing a role of secondary messenger. This process can mobilize the intracellular calcium pool to participate in regulation of many cellular events, e.g. secretion, metabolism, cell division, and light transmission.
Inositol is often clinically used together with vitamin B complex, which can prevent or reduce the deposition of excess fat in the liver, and thus promoting the liver fat metabolism. This has a effect on reducing blood lipids, and removing the infiltration effect of the liver cells’ fat. It can be used for treatment of fatty liver, alcohol liver disease, atherosclerosis, high blood cholesterol, diabetes, alopecia, hyperlipidemia and so on. Its derivatives, such as phosphatidylinositol is one of the components of the cell membrane. Phytate (phytic acid) or phytin (phytin) often accumulated in seeds of higher plants. Phytic acid extracted from rice bran or bran can be used as food antioxidants, stabilizers and preservatives.
Since the vast majority of animals and their gastrointestinal microbes can synthesize enough inositol, and food is abundant of inositol, so there are rare cases of inositol deficiency. Many kinds of fish and female gerbils cannot synthesize inositol (The testis tissue of male gerbil can synthesize inositol). Dietary phthaloyl Sulfathiazole can inhibit bacterial synthesis of inositol , which leads to rats’ deficiency of inositol, as follows: the content of free inositol in rat testis, liver, heart, kidney and plasma reduces; Hair loss and dermatitis happens; The content of triglycerides, cholesterol esters in liver increases; Both the size and number of lipid droplets increased significantly; There are also occurrence of fatty liver which can be healed by taking inositol; Moreover, the transport capacity of intestinal mucosal cell for the saturated fat cells decreases , and there is accumulation of intestinal fat. The performance of inositol deficiency for fish is as below: fins degeneration, edema, anemia, decreased gastric emptying rate, and decreased activity of cholinesterase and some transaminase.
The above information is edited by the lookchem of Dai Xiongfeng.
Identification test
Take 1 mL 2% sample solution to a porcelain evaporating dish, add 6ml nitric acid and evaporated to dryness on a water bath. The residue is dissolved with 1mL of water. Add 0.5 mL 10% strontium acetate solution and evaporate it to dryness on a steam bath again. It should display purple.
Content Analysis
Accurately weigh 200 mg sample (pre-dried at 105°C for 4h), and place it into a 250ml beaker. Add 5ml of a mixture between one sulfuric acid (TS-241) testing solution and 50 acetic anhydride, and then cover the watch glass. After heating on a steam bath for 20min, cool it on an ice bath, add 100ml water, and boil 20min. After cooling, transfer the sample into a 250 mL separating funnel using a small amount of water. Successively use 30, 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5 mL of chloroform to extract the solution for six times (first flush the beaker). All the chloroform extract was collected in a second 250m1 separating funnel. Wash the mixed extract with 10ml of water. Put the chloroform solution through a funnel cotton wool and transfer it to a 150ml pre-weighed Soxhlet flask. Use 10ml of chloroform to wash the separating funnel and the funnel, and incorporated into the extract. Evaporate it to dryness on a steam bath, and then transfer it in an oven at 105 °C for drying 1h. Cool it in a desiccator, and weigh it. Use the obtained amount of six inositol acetate multiply by 0.4167, namely the corresponding amount of inositol (C6H12O6).
Toxicity
GRAS (FDA, §182.5370, 2000).
Limited usage
No restrictions (FDA§184.1370,2000).
GB 14880-94 states: infant food, fortified beverages 210~230mg/kg.
GB 2760-2002: Juices (fruit) drinks, 60~120mg/kg.
Chemical Properties
Different sources of media describe the Chemical Properties of 87-89-8 differently. You can refer to the following data:
1. White crystal or crystalline powder, odorless, and sweet; Relative density: 1.752 (anhydrous), 1.524(dihydrate), m.p. 225~227 ℃ (anhydrous), 218 °C (dihydrate), boiling point 319 °C. Dissolved in water (25 °C, 14g/100mL; 60 °C, 28g/100mL), slightly soluble in ethanol, acetic acid, ethylene glycol and glycerol, insoluble in ether, acetone and chloroform. Stable in air; Stable to heat, acid and alkali, but is hygroscopic.
2. white powder
Uses
Different sources of media describe the Uses of 87-89-8 differently. You can refer to the following data:
1. 1. As food supplements, has a similar effect to vitamin B1. It can be used for infant foods and used in an amount of 210~250mg/kg; Used in drinking in an amount of 25~30mg/kg.
2. Inositol is an indispensible vitamin for lipid metabolism in the body. It can promote the absorption of hypolipidemic medicines and vitamins. Moreover, it can promote the cell growth and fat metabolism in liver and other tissues. It can be used for the adjuvant treatment of fatty liver, high cholesterol. It is widely used in food and feed additives, and is often added to fish, shrimp and livestock feed. The amount is 350-500mg/kg.
3. The product is one kind of the complex vitamin B, which can promote cell metabolism, improve the cell nutrient conditions, and can contribute to development, increase appetite, to recuperate. Moreover, it can prevent the accumulation of fat in the liver, and accelerate the process of removing excess fat in heart. It has a similar lipid-chemotactic action as choline, and therefore useful in the treatment of hepatic fatty excessive disease and cirrhosis of the liver disease. According to the "food fortifier use of health standards (1993)" (Issued by the Ministry of Health of China), it can be used for infant food and fortified beverages at an amount of 380-790mg/kg. It is a vitamin class medicines and lipid-lowering drug which promote the fat metabolism of liver and other tissues, and be useful for the adjuvant treatment of fatty liver and high cholesterol. It is widely used in additives of food and beverage.
4. Inositol is widely used in pharmaceutical, chemical, food, etc. It has a good effect on treating diseases such as liver cirrhosis. It can also used for advanced cosmetic raw materials, with high economic value.
5. It can be used as a biochemical reagent and also for the pharmaceutical and organic synthesis; It can lower the level cholesterol and have sedative effect.
2. Myo-Inositol is a growth factor for animals and microorganisms. It is the most abundant form of polyols that serves as a structural element of secondary messengers in eukaryotic cells. It is used as an adulterant in many illegal drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine. Further, it is used as a stand-in for cocaine on television and film.
3. The structural basis for a number of signaling and secondary messenger molecules including; insulin signal transduction, cytoskeleton assembly, nerve guidance, membrane potentials, serotonin activity and the breaking down of fats and reducing cholesterol.
4. lipotropic agent
5. A growth-factor and structural element of secondary messengers in eukaryotic cells
Production method
1. It is produced by the hydrolysis and the following neutralization of phytin. Add phytin and water into high-pressure hydrolysis pot, seal and heat until pressure gradually rise to around 0.5 MPa; stir for 8 h; check the pH value of the material which should be 2.5-3.0 as the end of the reaction. Add the hydrolyzed liquid into neutralized pot with the milk of lime for neutralization agent. Keep the temperature at 70-80 °C, and the pH value at 7-8. Use centrifuge to throw out filtrate. The Residue can be used for fertilizer (calcium phosphate). Heat the above filtrate to 80-90 °C, put 0.5-0.7% activated carbon, and stir continuously for about 20 min. Use sand core hold for suction filtration. The filtered supernatant is concentrated into condensed pot for condensation for 4-5h at 90 °C. The material can be taken out when the relative density reaches 1.24-1.28, then add enamel barrels or stainless steel barrel for cooling. When the crystal appears, artificially stir and cool to 20-25 °C, send into the centrifuge for drying and obtain the yellow crude product of inositol. Throw out the crude stock solution for another round of condensation and crystallization. Add water or line liquid to the crude product, dissolve it by heating, add active carbon for decoloration; Then add solution of barium oxide and ammonium oxalate to precipitate and remove the sulfate and calcium ions. Filter (when the mixture is still hot) and the filtrate was cooled to 30 °C, crystallize, filter (liquor apply), wash the filtered pellet with ethanol, dry at 80 °C for 6h, and finally go through 18 mesh sieve to obtain inositol.
2. Production Method (1) Sock 1 part of bran meal and 10 parts of water into the immersion pool, Use hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid to adjust pH till 2.5-3.0, then soak 4-8h at room temperature (longer for winter, shorter for summer). In this case, the insoluble potassium, calcium and magnesium complex salts of plant acid in bran meal are converted into soluble complex salts. Filter and wash the residue with water. The residues can be used for feed. Mix the filtrate and washings and stir using compressed air, then add fresh lime milk to neutralize till pH 6.8. The neutralized mixture was allowed to stand for 2h for thoroughly calcium phytate precipitation. Suck out the supernatant in the upper layer, add clean water to wash repeatedly until washing liquid does not exhibit light yellow (neutral). Apply filter press to filter the lower layer of white slurry to obtain pasty-calcium phytic acid namely phytin.
Pour paste phytin and water into high pressure hydrolysis pot for mashing. The concentration should be kept at 25%, and heated to an internal pressure 0.5 MPa, Stirring reaction should be kept for 8h with the pH 2.5-3.0. Add hydrolysis solution into neutralization pot, and neutralize at 70-80 °C with lime milk to pH 7-8. Filter and remove the residue which can be used for fertilizer. Adding catalyst can reduce the reaction temperature and shorten the reaction time.
Heat the hydrolysis solution to 80-90 °C, add 0.5%-0.7% of activated carbon, filter after decoloration. Condense the filtrate for 4-5 hour at 90 °C. Take the materials out when the relative density reaches 1.24-1.28. Cool it to 20-25 °C and crystallize to isolate the yellow inositol crude. Condense and crystallize the filtrate again.
Heat the crude product and dissolve in water. Add active carbon for decolorization. Add barium hydroxide solution and ammonium oxalate solution to precipitate and remove the sulfate and calcium ions.
Filter (when the mixture is still hot) and the filtrate was cooled to 30 °C, crystallize, filter (liquor apply), wash the filtered pellet with ethanol, dry at 80 °C for 6h, and finally go through 18 mesh sieve to obtain inositol.
(2) Use the bran as raw material. Soaked it at 30 °C using 1%-1.5% hydrochloric acid for 4-8h, filter it through a plate and frame filter press. Soak the residue for 2 times and neutralize the filtrate with milk of lime until PH value = 7, stir thoroughly for 10min, filter, wash to get the crude product of phytate. The crude product is then dissolved in hydrochloric acid solution (pH = 1-2) and subject to decoloration and filter by activated carbon. Adjust the pH filtrate to pH= 4.5 using 10% Na2CO3 solution stir for 10min, stand for 1-1.5h. Discard the upper layer of supernatant. Place the slurry of calcium phytic acid into a pressure cooker with the subsequent process the same as above.
Originator
Inositol,Comm. Solvents,US,1949
Definition
ChEBI: An inositol having myo- configuration.
Manufacturing Process
Inactive inositol may be prepared from starch factory steep water which is the
liquid in which corn is steeped to soften the covering of the corn kernel and to
thoroughly soften the entire kernel. It contains approximately 1% sulfurous
acid (H2SO3) in solution. A typical example of such treatment consists in
adding to the acid steep water, lime Ca(OH)2 or CaO to approximate
neutrality, or to a pH of 6.0 to 8.0, at which range the insoluble "phytin" is
precipitated. This precipitate of impure "phytin" or calcium phytate is removed
by suitable means, as stated before, and may be mixed with (1) 1 to 10%
acid solution; or (2) diluted with water; or (3) the solution may be made
alkaline. This alkaline or neutral or acid mixture is placed in a suitable
container in an autoclave or steam digester, and the steam turned on
whereupon the reaction is allowed to proceed as long as desired. The
autoclave in which the mixture has been placed may be heated by generating
steam therein, by means of an electric heater, or by suitable heat from
outside. A pressure of from 1 to 200 pounds steam for 1 to 18 hours may be
used, the time required being correspondingly less for higher pressures. A
suitable pressure is 80 pounds. The time expected for 80 pounds is three
hours.autoclave cooled, the mixture removed, diluted, and made alkaline with
Ca(OH)2, Ba(OH)2,etc., brought to boiling, thoroughly agitated with steam,
the insoluble sludge allowed to settle, and the supernatant liquid removed by
decantation, siphoning or filtration. The supernatant liquid is concentrated in
an open vessel, or in vacuum, to remove the precipitating inorganic impurities
as calcium carbonate (CaCO3), magnesium carbonate (MgCO3), etc. The liquid
is concentrated until it becomes thick and syrupy. The concentrated solution is
filtered, cooled, and agitated by a suitable mechanical means to precipitate iinositol. The iI-inositol is removed by filtration, the mother liquor
concentrated, and the process repeated until the solution becomes too thick to
filter advantageously. A filter press may be employed to remove furtherquantities of i-inositol, or the thick residue may be diluted with a reagent in
which i-inositol is insoluble; as, for example, acetic acid (CH3COOH) and
alcohol-acetic acid (C2H5OH, CH3COOH, etc.). On cooling and stirring the
solution, additional i-inositol, etc., results and can be removed by filtration or
other mechanical means. The i-inositol may be recrystallized by dissolving the
crude product in boiling water, and reprecipitated by cooling and stirring. The
final crystallization from a hot water solution to which an equal volume of
alcohol is added with cooling and stirring, gives a purer product.
Therapeutic Function
Vitamin, Lipotropic
General Description
Myoinositol is a stereoisomeric form of inositol, and is very often found in many plants and in tissues of animals and plants. It acts as a second messenger, thereby is very important for the signal pathways of cells. It generally finds application in being used as a natural insulin sensitizer in PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) patients. Myoinositol acts in a PCOS pathway by improving insulin sensitivity, thereby sequentially increasing intracellular glucose uptake.
Biochem/physiol Actions
A component of membrane phospholipids, glycosyl-phosphatidyl-inositol anchors that bind glycoproteins to cell membranes, and inositol phosphate second messengers.
Purification Methods
Recrystallise myo-inositol from aqueous 50% ethanol or H2O forming a dihydrate, or anhydrous crystals from AcOH. The dihydrate is efflorescent and becomes anhydrous when heated at 100o . The anhydrous crystals are not hygroscopic. Its solubility in H2O at 25o is 14%, at 60o it is 28%; it is slightly soluble in EtOH but insoluble in Et2O. [Ballou & Anderson J Am Chem Soc 7 5 748 1953, Anderson & Wallis J Am Chem Soc 70 2931 1948, Beilstein 6 II 1157, 6 IV 7919.]
Check Digit Verification of cas no
The CAS Registry Mumber 87-89-8 includes 5 digits separated into 3 groups by hyphens. The first part of the number,starting from the left, has 2 digits, 8 and 7 respectively; the second part has 2 digits, 8 and 9 respectively.
Calculate Digit Verification of CAS Registry Number 87-89:
(4*8)+(3*7)+(2*8)+(1*9)=78
78 % 10 = 8
So 87-89-8 is a valid CAS Registry Number.
InChI:InChI=1/C6H12O6/c7-1-2(8)4(10)6(12)5(11)3(1)9/h1-12H/t1-,2-,3-,4+,5-,6-
87-89-8Relevant articles and documents
Forced degradation of L-(+)-bornesitol, a bioactive marker of Hancornia speciosa: Development and validation of stability indicating UHPLC-MS method and effect of degraded products on ACE inhibition
Gomes, José Hugo de Sousa,da Silva, Grazielle Caroline,C?rtes, Steyner F.,de Pádua, Rodrigo Maia,Braga, Fern?o Castro
, p. 31 - 38 (2018)
The antihypertensive activity of the medicinal plant Hancornia speciosa has been previously demonstrated by us, being the activity ascribed to polyphenols and cyclitols like L-(+)-bornesitol. We herein evaluated the stability of the bioactive marker bornesitol submitted to forced degradation conditions. Bornesitol employed in the study was isolated from H. speciosa leaves. An UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS method was developed to investigate bornesitol stability based on MRM (Multiple Reaction Monitoring) acquisition mode and negative ionization mode, employing both specific (m/z 193 → 161 Da) and confirmatory (m/z 193 → 175 Da) transitions. A gradient elution of 0.1% formic acid in water and acetonitrile was performed on a HILIC column. The method was validated and showed adequate linearity (r2 > 0.99), selectivity, specificity, accuracy, and precision (RSD 2.9%). The method was robust for deliberate variations on dessolvation temperature, but not for changes in the flow rate and dessolvation gas. The results from the stability studies allowed us to classify bornesitol as labile for acidic and alkaline hydrolysis, but as very stable for oxidative and neutral hydrolysis exposure. Bornesitol was categorized as practically stable under photolysis degradation, whereas a considerable reduction on its contents was induced by metal ions and thermolysis exposure. Degraded samples from neutral hydrolysis and thermolysis were assayed in vitro for ACE inhibition and showed a substantial decrease in biological activity as compared to intact bornesitol. myo-Inositol was identified as the major degradation products in both matrices. This is the first report on bornesitol stability under different stress conditions and the obtained data are relevant for the development and quality control of standardized products from H. speciosa leaves.
Analysis of metabolically labeled inositol phosphate messengers by NMR
Puschmann, Robert,Harmel, Robert K.,Fiedler, Dorothea
, p. 35 - 52 (2020/06/23)
Inositol phosphates (InsPs) are an important group of eukaryotic messengers and mediate a wide range of processes. To elucidate the biological functions of these molecules, robust techniques to characterize inositol phosphate metabolism at the cellular level are highly sought after. This chapter provides a detailed protocol for the preparation of 13C-labeled myo-inositol, its use for metabolic labeling of mammalian and yeast cells, and the quantitative analysis of intracellular InsP pools from cell extracts using NMR spectroscopy.
METHODS OF EXTRACTING PHOSPHORUS FROM DISTILLATES
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Paragraph 0029; 0099, (2016/11/28)
Methods of processing distillates, methods of removing at least some portion of total phosphorus in a distillate, methods of removing at least some portion of the soluble inorganic phosphorus, phytate phosphorus, or some combination thereof in a distillate, methods for obtaining phytate from distillates, methods for producing phytate derivatives and combinations thereof.
Method for the production of inositol phytin
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Paragraph 0021-0024, (2017/03/17)
The invention discloses a method for preparing inositol by adopting phytine. The method comprises the following steps: with the phytine as a raw material, adding deionized water and the phytine into a reactor according to a weight ratio of (5-20):1 of liquid to material, regulating the pH value to 4-5.5, adding phytase of which the weight is 0.5-3 percent of that of the phytine, stirring for hydrolysis under the assistance of ultrasonic waves, and controlling the temperature of a reaction system to be 37-50 DEG C, wherein the action time of the ultrasonic waves is 0.5-1 hour in the hydrolysis process, and the start time of the action of the ultrasonic waves is 0-50 percent of the total reaction time; ending the hydrolysis reaction after the hydrolysis is performed for 4-24 hours, adding solid super-acid of which the weight is 0.2-1 percent of that of the phytine into hydrolysate, performing complete hydrolysis for 15-45 minutes under a pressure of 0.12-0.20 MPa at the reaction temperature of 105-120 DEG C, filtering, adding filtrate into a water solution of calcium oxide, regulating the pH to 7.0, filtering, concentrating the filtrate until the ratio of the liquid to the material is 2:1 based on the initial weight of the phytine, then adding ethanol in a plurality of steps and respectively separating and precipitating to finally obtain the inositol. The method disclosed by the invention has the advantages of low pressure, low temperature and low energy consumption.
Elaboration of the ether cleaving ability and selectivity of the classical Pearlman's catalyst [Pd(OH)2/C]: Concise synthesis of a precursor for a myo-inositol pyrophosphate
Mart, Alson,Shashidhar, Mysore S.
, p. 9769 - 9776,8 (2012/12/11)
The cleavage of propargyl, allyl, benzyl, and PMB ethers by Pd(OH) 2/C can be tuned in that order, by varying the reaction conditions. Other moieties such as C-C double bonds, esters, trityl ether, p-bromo and p-nitrobenzyl ethers are stable to these reaction conditions. Cleavage of allyl ethers can be made catalytic by using 1:1 mixture of Pd(OH)2/C and Pd/C. The synthetic potential of the selective ether cleaving ability of Pd(OH)2/C, essentially under neutral conditions, has been demonstrated by an efficient synthesis of a precursor for the preparation of an inositol pyrophosphate derivative.
Elaboration of the ether cleaving ability and selectivity of the classical Pearlman's catalyst [Pd(OH)2/C]: Concise synthesis of a precursor for a myo-inositol pyrophosphate
Mart, Alson,Shashidhar, Mysore S.
, p. 9769 - 9776 (2013/01/13)
The cleavage of propargyl, allyl, benzyl, and PMB ethers by Pd(OH) 2/C can be tuned in that order, by varying the reaction conditions. Other moieties such as C-C double bonds, esters, trityl ether, p-bromo and p-nitrobenzyl ethers are stable to these reaction conditions. Cleavage of allyl ethers can be made catalytic by using 1:1 mixture of Pd(OH)2/C and Pd/C. The synthetic potential of the selective ether cleaving ability of Pd(OH)2/C, essentially under neutral conditions, has been demonstrated by an efficient synthesis of a precursor for the preparation of an inositol pyrophosphate derivative.
Protecting group directed stereoselective reduction of an epi-inosose: Efficient synthesis of epi-inositol
Patil, Madhuri T.,Krishnaswamy, Shobhana,Sarmah, Manash P.,Shashidhar, Mysore S.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 3756 - 3758 (2011/08/06)
A facile and high yielding synthesis of epi-inositol via stereoselective reduction of a pentaprotected epi-inosose is reported. Extent of stereoselectivity during the hydride reduction appears to depend on the ability of the substrate to complex with metal ions in the reducing agent.
In vitro and in vivo antioxidant activity of a water-soluble polysaccharide from dendrobium denneanum
Luo, Aoxue,Ge, Zhongfu,Fan, Yijun,Luo, Aoshuang,Chun, Ze,Jin He, Xing
experimental part, p. 1579 - 1592 (2011/04/25)
The water-soluble crude polysaccharide (DDP) obtained from the aqueous extracts of the stem of Dendrobium denneanum through hot water extraction followed by ethanol precipitation, was found to have an average molecular weight (Mw) of about 484.7 kDa. Monosaccharide analysis revealed that DDP was composed of arabinose, xylose, mannose, glucose and galactose in a molar ratio of 1.00:2.66:8.92:34.20:10.16. The investigation of antioxidant activity both in vitro and in vivo showed that DDP is a potential antioxidant.
Conformational study of the natural iron chelator myo-inositol 1,2,3-trisphosphate using restrained/flexible analogues and computational analysis
Mansell, David,Veiga, Nicolás,Torres, Julia,Etchells, Laura L.,Bryce, Richard A.,Kremer, Carlos,Freeman, Sally
experimental part, p. 8949 - 8957 (2011/01/04)
Myo-Inositol 1,2,3-trisphosphate [Ins(1,2,3)P3], a component in mammalian cells, possesses the correct chemical properties of an intracellular iron transit ligand. Here we have examined the conformation of the Ins(1,2,3)P3-Fe3+ complex. The synthesis and antioxidant properties of 4,6-carbonate-myo-inositol 1,2,3,5-tetrakisphosphate [4,6-carbonate Ins(1,2,3,5)P4], which is locked in the unstable penta-axial chair conformation and 1,2,3-trisphosphoglycerol, a flexible acyclic analogue of Ins(1,2,3)P3, are reported. 4,6-Carbonate Ins(1,2,3,5)P4 caused complete inhibition of iron-catalysed hydroxyl radical (HO?) formation at 100 μM, thereby resembling Ins(1,2,3)P3 and supporting a penta-axial chair binding conformation. In contrast, 1,2,3-trisphosphoglycerol was shown to have incomplete antioxidant properties. In support of experimental observations, we have applied high-level density functional calculations to the binding of Ins(1,2,3)P3 to iron. This study provides evidence that Fe3+ binds tightly to the less stable penta-axial conformation of Ins(1,2,3)P3 using terminal and bridging phosphate oxygens, thought to also contain a tightly bound water molecule or hydroxyl ligand in the complex.
BIOOCOMPATIBLE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS
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, (2010/01/31)
The present invention provides a biocompatible prepolymer comprising hydrophilic and hydrophobic segments, wherein the hydrophobic segments have at least one ethylenically unsaturated functional group and at least 5% of the segments have two or more ethylenically unsaturated functional groups and water. The invention further provides a biocompatible prepolymer composition comprising hydrophilic and hydrophobic prepolymers, wherein at least one of the hydrophobic prepolymers has at least one ethylenically unsaturated functional group and at least 5% of the prepolymers have two or more ethylenically unsaturated functional groups and water. The invention further provides use of the prepolymer or prepolymer compositions of the invention in biomedical applications such as tissue engineering, as bone substitutes or scaffolds, and in wound treatment.