Hexa-N-acetylchitohexaose 

Hexa-N-acetylchitohexaose is an inducer of disease resistance in crop plants, which could elicit an increase of lignification-related and antioxidative enzymes in soybean plants. Hexa-N-acetylchitohexaose is a substrate of lysozyme. Hexa-N-acetylchitohexaose shows antitumor effect^[1][2][3].

On sarcoma 180 solid tumor in ddY mice using lentinan, an antitumorβ-D-glucan, as the positive control. Hexa-N-acetylchitohexaose (100 mg/kg/day; 3 times; intravenous ) significantly inhibits the growth of this allogenic solid tumor, affording a high tumor growth-inhibition ratio (85%) at 7 days after tumor implantation^[3].

MedChemExpress (MCE) has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.

1237.17

C₄₈H₈₀N₆O₃₁

38854-46-5

Solid

White to off-white

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Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.

• [1]. Li K, et al. Access to N-Acetylated Chitohexaose with Well-Defined Degrees of Acetylation. Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:2486515.  [Content Brief]

  [2]. David C. Phillips. THE HEN EGG-WHITE LYSOZYME MOLECULE. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1967 Mar; 57(3): 483-495.

  [3]. Suzuki K, et al. Antitumor effect of hexa-N-acetylchitohexaose and chitohexaose. Carbohydr Res. 1986;151:403-408.  [Content Brief]