Product Description: Digitoxose (D-(+)-Digitoxose), a natural product, specifically and competitively inhibits glucose-stimulated insulin release from islets in lean and obese mice. Digitoxose can be used in diabetes research[1].
Formula: C6H12O4
References: [1]Hussain M, et al. The effect of digitoxose on insulin release, glucose oxidation and oxygen consumption by islets of lean and genetically obese diabetic (ob/ob) mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1985 Jun 14;129(2):358-67.
CAS Number: 527-52-6
Molecular Weight: 148.16
Research Area: Metabolic Disease
Solubility: 10 mM in DMSO
Target: Biochemical Assay Reagents