Capric acid
Selleck Chemicals
SKU:S6906-100MG
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Capric acid is an inhibitor of Glutamate Receptors and PPAR used in studies of Calcium Signaling and Hormone Signaling and related signaling programs. It is especially relevant in endocrinology, metabolism, and neuroscience models, where defined compound exposure can be linked to calcium flux, excitability, and secretion-linked signaling and ligand-dependent transcriptional programs and endocrine regulation.
By inhibiting Glutamate Receptors and PPAR, Capric acid can be used to examine calcium flux, excitability, and secretion-linked signaling and ligand-dependent transcriptional programs and endocrine regulation. The ion channel annotation adds relevance to electrophysiology, ion-flux, and membrane-potential studies, together with downstream-response mapping in the same experimental setting. In endocrinology, metabolism, and neuroscience 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 Glutamate Receptors and PPAR
- Pathway perturbation studies connected to Calcium Signaling and Hormone Signaling and related signaling programs
- Concentration-response inhibition and target-dependence studies
- Electrophysiology, ion-flux, and membrane-potential studies
Overall, Capric acid is appropriate when a defined chemical perturbant is needed to connect Glutamate Receptors and PPAR with measurable biochemical, transcriptional, electrophysiological, imaging, or phenotypic readouts in endocrinology, metabolism, and neuroscience models. This profile is suited to mechanistic follow-up, comparative profiling, and assay optimization under defined exposure conditions.
- Targets:
- Glutamate Receptors • PPAR
- Target Class:
- Ion Channel
- Pathways:
- Calcium Signaling • Hormone Signaling • Metabolic Signaling
- Research Area:
- Endocrinology • Metabolism • Neuroscience
- CAS No.:
- 334-48-5
- Molecular Weight:
- 172.26
- Formula:
- C₁₀H₂₀O₂
- SMILES:
- CCCCCCCCCC(O)=O
- InChIKey:
- GHVNFZFCNZKVNT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- PubChem:
- 2969
- Storage Temperature:
- -20°C
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