Shelf life (days): 1460.0
Formulation: A crystalline solid
Formal Name: 6E-(bromomethylene)tetrahydro-3-(1-naphthalenyl)-2H-pyran-2-one
Purity: ≥95%
Formula Markup: C16H13BrO2
Formula Weight: 317.2
CAS Number: 88070-98-8
Notes: BEL is a selective, potent, irreversible, mechanism-based inhibitor of myocardial cytosolic calcium-independent phospholipase A2 (iPLA2) with a Ki value of 180 nM.{1631} BEL also inhibits macrophage iPLA2 in a concentration-dependent manner with an IC50 value of 60 nM and is an effective enzyme-activated irreversible inhibitor of chymotrypsin (Ki = 636 nM).{1291,1521}