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MEL-C
Cat. No.:
OB0626WX-161
Appearance:
Solid
Purity:
≥95% (mixture of congeners)
Identity:
Confirmed by NMR, TLC, and IR.
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Product Overview
Description:
MEL-C is a highly functional glycolipid biosurfactant biosynthesized from refined vegetable oils utilizing Pseudozyma yeasts, representing a premium lipid mixture of MEL-C isoforms presenting structurally variable fatty acid chain lengths. Formulations incorporating these natural mannosylerythritol lipid variants serve as high-performance moisturizing agents within advanced cosmetic matrices, exhibit distinctive intrinsic antioxidant activity, and demonstrate the exceptional biophysical property to spontaneously self-assemble into well-defined giant unilamellar and multilamellar vesicles.
Synonyms:
(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-5-acetoxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-2-((2S,3R)-2,3,4-trihydroxybutoxy)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-3,4-diyl dipropionate; Mannosylerythritol Lipid C
Specification
Solubility in DMSO:
1-10 mg/mL
Solubility in Ethanol:
1-10 mg/mL
Storage:
Storage at -20°C.
Applications:
MEL-C serves as a mannosylerythritol lipid reference compound for studying glycolipid self-assembly, surfactant properties, lipid formulation research, and carbohydrate-mediated molecular interactions.