Description
A variety of natural products from plant sources, particularly flavonoids, have long been observed to have antioxidant activity with potential benefits for human health.{7442,6817,8914} Antioxidant triterpenes are less common. Celastrol is a triterpenoid antioxidant compound isolated from the Chinese thunder god vine (T. wilfordii). In an isolated rat liver assay of lipid peroxidation, celastrol had an IC50 value of 7 µM, equivalent to about 15 times the antioxidant potency of α-tocopherol.{11647}
Formal name: 3-hydroxy-9β,13α-dimethyl-2-oxo-24,25,26-trinoroleana-1(10),3,5,7-tetraen-29-oic acid
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Molecular weight: 450.6
CAS: 34157-83-0
Purity: ≥98%
Formulation: A crystalline solid