Digitoxose [527-52-6]

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].

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C₆H₁₂O₄

527-52-6

Solid

Off-white to light yellow

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Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.

• [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.  [Content Brief]