| Bioactivity | Hypoxanthine, a purine derivative, is a potential free radical generator and could be used as an indicator of hypoxia. | ||||||||||||
| Invitro | Hypoxanthine is a potential free radical generator. Hypoxanthine seems to play a role in posthypoxic reoxygenation cell injury through oxygen radical production and is therefore involved in the pathogenesis of a number of diseases. Hypoxanthine also modulates a number of other processes because it reacts with benzodiazepine receptors and inhibits phosphodiesterase in the brain. Hypoxanthine inhibits the effect of several cytotoxic drugs and may therefore influence treatment with such drugs[1]. | ||||||||||||
| Name | Hypoxanthine | ||||||||||||
| CAS | 68-94-0 | ||||||||||||
| Formula | C5H4N4O | ||||||||||||
| Molar Mass | 136.11 | ||||||||||||
| Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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