Bioactivity | Acetohydroxamic acid is a potent and irreversible inhibitor of bacterial and plant urease and also used as adjunctive therapy in chronic urinary infection.Target: UreaseAcetohydroxamic acid selectively inhibits arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase and thus has potential use in the treatment of asthma. | ||||||||||||
Name | Acetohydroxamic acid | ||||||||||||
CAS | 546-88-3 | ||||||||||||
Formula | C2H5NO2 | ||||||||||||
Molar Mass | 75.07 | ||||||||||||
Appearance | Solid | ||||||||||||
Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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Reference | [1]. Sharma M, et al. Biotransformation of Acetamide to Acetohydroxamic Acid at Bench Scale Using Acyl Transferase Activity of Amidase of Geobacillus pallidus BTP-5x MTCC 9225. Indian J Microbiol. 2012 Mar;52(1):76-82. |