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Medchemexpress LLC Octanoic acid (Caprylic acid) | 124-07-2 | 99.9% | 144.21 | 50 G
Supplier: Medchemexpress LLC HY4141750G
Octanoic acid (Caprylic acid) is an oily liquid characterized by a slightly unpleasant rancid taste. It is utilized commercially in the production of esters for perfumery and in the manufacturing of dyes. Additionally, Octanoic acid acts as a tremor-suppressing agent.
- Human endogenous metabolite.
- Potentiates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in MIN6 cells through the Olfr15 and PLC-IP3 pathway.
- Induces neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells and activates p38 MAPK and ERK pathways.
- Inhibits harmaline-induced tremor in a mouse model of essential tremor.
- Demonstrates protective effects in a mouse model of Parkinson's Disease (PD) induced by MPTP.
- Promotes branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) catabolism in rats by activating BCKDC through a decrease in the bound form of BCKDH kinase (BDK).
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