Product Description: Mesaconic acid is an active product that can be extracted from Saxifraga stolonifera. Mesaconic acid is used as a fire retardant and is a competitive inhibitor of fumarate reduction[1].
Applications: Metabolism-sugar/lipid metabolism
Formula: C5H6O4
References: [1]Harold William Buston. Note on the isolation of mesaconic acid from cabbage leaves. Biochem J. 1928; 22(6): 1523–1525.