Product Description: (±)8-HEPE is produced by non-enzymatic oxidation of EPA. It contains equal amounts of (±)8-HEPE and 8(R)-HEPE. The ability of (±)8-HEPE to induce hatching of E. modestus and B. balanoides eggs is probably due to the presence of the 8(R) isomer within the racemic mixture.
Applications: Metabolism-protein/nucleotide metabolism
Formula: C20H30O3
References: [1]Shing, et al. First total synthesis of a barnacle hatching factor 8(R)-hydroxy-eicosa-5(Z),9(E),11(Z)-pentaenoic acid. Tetrahedron Lett. 35, 1067-1070 (1994).
CAS Number: 99217-77-3
Molecular Weight: 318.45
Research Area: Metabolic Disease
Target: Others