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Biotin

United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Reference Standard

Synonym(s):

D-Biotin, Bios II, Coenzyme R, Vitamin B7, Vitamin H

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H16N2O3S
CAS Number:
58-85-5
Molecular Weight:
244.31
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329749114
MDL number:
MFCD00005541
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
86838
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grade

pharmaceutical primary standard

API family

biotin

manufacturer/tradename

USP

mp

231-233 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

SMILES string

[H][C@]12CS[C@@H](CCCCC(O)=O)[C@@]1([H])NC(=O)N2

InChI

1S/C10H16N2O3S/c13-8(14)4-2-1-3-7-9-6(5-16-7)11-10(15)12-9/h6-7,9H,1-5H2,(H,13,14)(H2,11,12,15)/t6-,7-,9-/m0/s1

InChI key

YBJHBAHKTGYVGT-ZKWXMUAHSA-N

General description

This product is provided as delivered and specified by the issuing Pharmacopoeia. All information provided in support of this product, including SDS and any product information leaflets have been developed and issued under the Authority of the issuing Pharmacopoeia. For further information and support please go to the website of the issuing Pharmacopoeia.

Application

Biotin USP reference standard suitable for use in specified USP compendial tests and assays.

Also used to prepare standard and standard stock solutions for assay by using liquid chromatography coupled with a UV detector according to the given below monographs of United States Pharmacopeia (USP):
  • Biotin Compounded Oral Suspension
  • Biotin Tablets
  • Biotin Capsules
  • Biotin
  • Water-Soluble Vitamins Tablets

Analysis Note

These products are for test and assay use only. They are not meant for administration to humans or animals and cannot be used to diagnose, treat, or cure diseases of any kind.  ​

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

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Not applicable

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Steven Lin et al.
Molecular bioSystems, 7(6), 1811-1821 (2011-03-26)
Biotin is an enzyme cofactor indispensable to metabolic fixation of carbon dioxide in all three domains of life. Although the catalytic and physiological roles of biotin have been well characterized, the biosynthesis of biotin remains to be fully elucidated. Studies
Janos Zempleni et al.
Mutation research, 733(1-2), 58-60 (2011-08-30)
Biotin serves as a covalently bound coenzyme in five human carboxylases; biotin is also attached to histones H2A, H3, and H4, although the abundance of biotinylated histones is low. Biotinylation of both carboxylases and histones is catalyzed by holocarboxylase synthetase.
Carmen Smarandache-Wellmann et al.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 34(16), 5627-5639 (2014-04-18)
We describe synaptic connections through which information essential for encoding efference copies reaches two coordinating neurons in each of the microcircuits that controls limbs on abdominal segments of the crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus. In each microcircuit, these coordinating neurons fire bursts
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1071508-200MG04061838674586