British Anti-Lewisite. A chelator that inhibits sugar nucleotide degradation.2,3-Dimercaptopropanol is used as a chelating agent involved in the treatment of arsenic, antimony, lead, gold and mercury poisoning. It is also used as an antidote to the warfare agent Lewisite. Further, it is used for the treatment of Wilson's disease. In addition to this, it is used as an adjunct in the treatment of the acute encephalopathy of lead toxicity.
This Thermo Scientific Chemicals brand product was originally part of the Alfa Aesar product portfolio. Some documentation and label information may refer to the legacy brand. The original Alfa Aesar product / item code or SKU reference has not changed as a part of the brand transition to Thermo Scientific Chemicals.
Löslichkeit
Mischbar mit Wasser, Ether, Ethanol, Pflanzenölen und Aceton. Geringfügig mischbar mit Chloroform.
Hinweise
Luftempfindlich. Kühl lagern. Nicht kompatibel mit Basen, Oxidationsmitteln, Reduktionsmitteln und Alkalimetallen.
RUO – Research Use Only
Allgemeine Referenzen:
- Chio, C. M.; Cheng, K. W.; Bishop, A. C. Direct Chemical Activation of a Rationally Engineered Signaling Enzyme. ChemBioChem 2015, 16 (12), 1735-1739.
- Andries, C.; Manea, M.; Drochioiu, G.; Gradinaru, R. New insights into coenzyme A interaction with mercury ions provided by mass spectrometric and circular dichroism spectroscopic approaches. Eur. J. Massenspektrom. 2015, 21 (2), 97-102.