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Cinnamyl alcohol or styron [2] is an organic compound that is found in esterified form in storax, Balsam of Peru, and cinnamon leaves. It forms a white crystalline solid when pure, or a yellow oil when even slightly impure.
The most obvious application for cinnamaldehyde is as flavoring in chewing gum, ice cream, candy, e-liquid and beverages; use levels range from 9 to 4,900 parts per million (that is, less than 0.5%). It is also used in some perfumes of natural, sweet , or fruity scents .
Rottlerin is a potent large conductance potassium channel (BKCa++) opener. [5] BKCa++ is found in the inner mitochondrial membrane of cardiomyocytes. [6] Opening these channels is beneficial for post-ischemic changes in vasodilation. [7]
Phenylpropanolamine (PPA), sold under many brand names, is a sympathomimetic agent which is used as a decongestant and appetite suppressant. [9] [1] [10] [11] It was previously commonly used in prescription and over-the-counter cough and cold preparations.
Chromic acid oxidizes it to benzoic acid; zinc and acetic acid reduce it to cinnamic acid, C 6 H 5 CH=CHCO 2 H, whilst sodium amalgam reduces it to hydrocinnamic acid, C 6 H 5 CH 2 CH 2 CO 2 H. Ortho-nitrophenylpropiolic acid, NO 2 C 6 H 4 CCCO 2 H, prepared by the action of alcoholic potash on ortho-nitrocinnamic acid dibromide, crystallizes ...
The phenylpropanoids are a diverse family of organic compounds that are biosynthesized by plants from the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine in the shikimic acid pathway. [1] Their name is derived from the six-carbon, aromatic phenyl group and the three-carbon propene tail of coumaric acid , which is the central intermediate in ...
Caramiphen is an anticholinergic drug used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. [1] In combination with phenylpropanolamine it is used as a cough suppressant and nasal decongestant to treat symptoms associated with respiratory illnesses such as cold, allergies, hay fever, and sinusitis. [2]
Phenylpropanoic acid can be prepared from cinnamic acid by hydrogenation. [5] [6] Originally it was prepared by reduction with sodium amalgam in water and by electrolysis.[7]A characteristic reaction of phenylpropanoic acid is its cyclization to 1-indanone.