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56396

Caffeine

certified reference material, TraceCERT®, Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland

Synonym(s):

1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H10N4O2
CAS Number:
58-08-2
Molecular Weight:
194.19
UNSPSC Code:
12352210
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329758206
EC Number:
200-362-1
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
17705
MDL number:
MFCD00005758
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Quality Level

300

product line

TraceCERT®

grade

certified reference material, TraceCERT®

manufacturer/tradename

Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

234-236.5 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

CN1C(=O)N(C)c2ncn(C)c2C1=O

InChI

1S/C8H10N4O2/c1-10-4-9-6-5(10)7(13)12(3)8(14)11(6)2/h4H,1-3H3

InChI key

RYYVLZVUVIJVGH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... ADORA1(134), ADORA2A(135), ADORA2B(136), ADORA3(140)

General description

Caffeine is a behaviorally active substance mainly found in beverages like coffee and tea. It can have diverse effects on brain functions.
This certified reference material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 17034. This CRM is traceable to primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST or NMIJ.
Certified content by quantitative NMR incl. uncertainty and expiry date are given on the certificate.
Download your certificate at: http://www.sigma-aldrich.com.

Application

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Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Other Notes

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Legal Information

TraceCERT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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GHS07

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Warning

hcodes

H302

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

Regulatory Information

监管及禁止进口产品

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Protocols

Detection and Determination of Caffeine, Taurine and Arginine in Shampoos by HPTLC

The modern thin-layer chromatography (TLC) offers advantages also in the field of cosmetics to quickly and simultaneously analyze samples with densitometric detection.

Actions of caffeine in the brain with special reference to factors that contribute to its widespread use
Fredholm.BB, et al.
Pharmacological Reviews, 51, 83-133 (1999)
Rohit A Sinha et al.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 59(4), 1366-1380 (2013-08-10)
Caffeine is one of the world's most consumed drugs. Recently, several studies showed that its consumption is associated with lower risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), an obesity-related condition that recently has become the major cause of liver disease
Markus Fehrholz et al.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 306(1), L101-L109 (2013-10-29)
Factors positively influencing surfactant homeostasis in general and surfactant protein B (SP-B) expression in particular are considered of clinical importance regarding an improvement of lung function in preterm infants. The objective of this study was to identify effects of physiological
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Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
SMB01374-1MG04065268014448
SMB01374-5MG04065268014455
56396-100MG04061832584034