Formulation: A solution in methyl acetate
Formal Name: (±)9,10-epoxy-12Z-octadecenoic acid
Purity: ≥98%
Formula Markup: C18H32O3
Formula Weight: 296,5
Shelf life (days): 730
Notes: (±)9(10)-EpOME is the 9,10-cis epoxide of linoleic acid, generated by neutrophils during the oxidative burst.{651} It has been recovered from the lungs of hyperoxic rats and from humans with acute respiratory distress syndrome.{407} Mitochondrial dysfunction is the main feature of (±)9(10)-EpOME cytotoxicity, which may be due to the diol metabolites as well as the parent epoxide.{1300,5617}