PRODUCT:Shikimic acid
NO.:YL-002
CATEGORY:Ingredients
LATINE NAME:Illicium verum Hook.f.
EFFECTIVENESS:Precursor of Medicine
SPECIFICATIONS:98% Shikimic acid by HPLC
CAS NO.:138-59-0
MOLECULAR FORMULA:C7H10O5
MOLECULAR MASS:174.15
USAGE:Shikimic Acid is a key precursor of many alkaloids, aromatic amino acids, indole derivatives, and it also be widely used as a chiral building block for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals. Now, Shikimic Acid serves as the starting material for Oseltamivir which is a neuraminidase inhibitor used in the treatment and prophylaxis of both influenza A and influenza B.