Citral, 100ml

SKU:
C83007-100ML
  • $75.10

    • Description

    Citral 95%, 100ml

    General description

    Citral is a mixture of neral (cis isomer of 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienal) and geranial (trans isomer of 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienal). It exhibits antimicrobial activity and pheromonal effects and is generally used for the synthesis of vitamin A and ionones.

    Application

    • Citral has been used as an anti-tumor agent against breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231).
    • It shows antipyretic effects which can be studied by systemic administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to rats.
    • It can undergo 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction with trimethylsilylazide to form 1,2,3-triazolines which possess pharmaceutical properties.

    PROPERTIES

    vapor density

    5 (vs air)

    Quality Level

    100

    vapor pressure

    0.2 mmHg ( 200 °C)

    assay

    95%

    refractive index

    n20/D 1.488 (lit.)

    bp

    229 °C (lit.)

    density

    0.888 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)