Description
Ebselen acts as a glutathione peroxidase mimic and is an excellent scavenger of peroxynitrite with a rate constant of 2 x 106 M−1s−1.{3859} The glutathione peroxidase-like activity of ebselen inhibits cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenases at micromolar concentrations.{1057,1497}
Formal name: 2-phenyl-1,2-benzisoselenazol-3(2H)-one
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Molecular weight: 274.2
CAS: 60940-34-3
Purity: ≥99%
Formulation: A crystalline solid