Escin
SIGMA/E1378 - ≥95%, powder
Synonym: Aescin
CAS Number: 6805-41-0
EC Number: 229-880-6
MDL Number: MFCD00076054
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | ≥95% |
| biological source | plant (Aesculus chinensis) |
| color | white |
| form | powder |
| impurities | ≤6.0% Water (Karl Fischer) |
| InChI | 1S/C55H86O24/c1-10-23(2)4 |
| InChI key | AXNVHPCVMSNXNP-YSYFQUGBSA |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| SMILES string | CC=C(/C)C(=O)OC1[C@H](OC |
| solubility | methanol: 50 mg/mL, clear to slightly hazy, colorless to faintly yellow |
| Application: | Escin, a natural mixture of triterpenoid saponins isolated from horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) seeds, is used and studied as a vasoprotective anti-inflammatory, anti-edematous and anti-nociceptive agent. It may be used to study its pharmacokinetics, safety and efficacy as a chemosensitizer and modulator of NF-κ B cell signaling. |
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| Symbol | GHS07 |
| Signal word | Warning |
| Hazard statements | H302 + H332 |
| Precautionary statements | P301 + P312 + P330 - P304 + P340 + P312 |
| Hazard Codes | Xn |
| Risk Statements | 20/22 |
| RIDADR | UN 3077 9 / PGIII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 2 |
| Purity | ≥95% |
| UNSPSC | 12352201 |


