Astaxanthin
Selleck Chemicals
SKU:S3834-5MG
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Astaxanthin is a modulator of PPAR used in studies of Oxidative Stress Response and Hormone Signaling and related signaling programs. It is especially relevant when investigators need a named chemical input and interpretable readouts connected to redox signaling, ROS handling, and antioxidant defenses and ligand-dependent transcriptional programs and endocrine regulation in endocrinology, metabolism, and oxidative stress models.
By modulating PPAR, Astaxanthin can be used to examine redox signaling, ROS handling, and antioxidant defenses and ligand-dependent transcriptional programs and endocrine regulation. The nuclear receptor annotation adds relevance to reporter-gene, receptor-binding, and transcriptional assays, together with downstream-response mapping in the same experimental setting. In endocrinology, metabolism, and oxidative stress models, these readouts can be combined with viability, reporter, localization, biochemical conversion, or morphology endpoints to refine experimental interpretation.
Research Applications
- Target-focused assays involving PPAR
- Pathway perturbation studies connected to Oxidative Stress Response and Hormone Signaling and related signaling programs
- Context-dependent response profiling and mechanism comparison
- Reporter-gene, receptor-binding, and transcriptional assays
Overall, Astaxanthin is appropriate when a defined chemical perturbant is needed to connect PPAR with measurable biochemical, transcriptional, electrophysiological, imaging, or phenotypic readouts in endocrinology, metabolism, and oxidative stress models. This profile is suited to mechanistic follow-up, comparative profiling, and assay optimization under defined exposure conditions.
- Targets:
- PPAR
- Target Class:
- Nuclear Receptor
- Pathways:
- Oxidative Stress Response • Hormone Signaling • Metabolic Signaling
- Research Area:
- Endocrinology • Metabolism • Oxidative Stress
- CAS No.:
- 472-61-7
- Molecular Weight:
- 596.84
- Formula:
- C₄₀H₅₂O₄
- SMILES:
- CC1=C(C(CC(C1=O)O)(C)C)C=CC(=CC=CC(=CC=CC=C(C)C=CC=C(C)C=CC2=C(C(=O)C(CC2(C)C)O)C)C)C
- InChIKey:
- MQZIGYBFDRPAKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- PubChem:
- 5281224
- Storage Temperature:
- -20°C
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