Detailed Product Description

  Name: Shikimic Acid
Cas number: 138-59-0
Herb Source: Isoln from the fruit of  the oriental plant Illicium religiosun Sieb.
Synonyms: (3R,4S,5R)-()-3,4,5-Trihydroxy-1-cyclohexenecarboxylic acid
Molecular Formula and Molecular Weight : C7H10O5174.15
Melting Point and solubility: mp185187. Freely soluble in water(18g/100ml), Soly in abs alcohol (2.25g/100m) at 23. Practically insoluble in chloroform, benzene and petr ether.
Structural formula:  

Brief: white needle.    
Pharmacology: It is widely used as a chiral building block for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals.It has effect of anti-inflame, anti- thrombus, alleviating pain, and also is intermediate of anti-tumor.