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Carminic acid

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Natural Red 4

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C22H20O13
CAS Number:
1260-17-9
Molecular Weight:
492.39
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
NACRES:
NA.24
E Number:
E120
PubChem Substance ID:
329749350
EC Number:
215-023-3
MDL number:
MFCD00167028
Colour Index Number:
75470
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
71651
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grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

assay

≥90% (HPLC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

Cc1c(C(O)=O)c(O)cc2C(=O)c3c(O)c(O)c([C@@H]4O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H]4O)c(O)c3C(=O)c12

InChI

1S/C22H20O13/c1-4-8-5(2-6(24)9(4)22(33)34)13(25)10-11(15(8)27)16(28)12(18(30)17(10)29)21-20(32)19(31)14(26)7(3-23)35-21/h2,7,14,19-21,23-24,26,28-32H,3H2,1H3,(H,33,34)/t7-,14-,19+,20-,21+/m1/s1

InChI key

DGQLVPJVXFOQEV-JNVSTXMASA-N

General description

Carminic acid is an anthraquinone red dye. It is majorly used in textile industry as pigmenting agent.

Application

Carminic acid was used to compare and identify the Leucopis sp. using analytical methods like TLC and HPLC.
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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

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WGK 2

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Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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T Eisner et al.
Experientia, 50(6), 610-615 (1994-06-15)
Larvae of two insects, a coccinellid beetle (Hyperaspis trifurcata) and a chamaemyiid fly (Leucopis sp.), feed on cochineal insects and appropriate their prey's defensive chemical, carminic acid, for protective purposes of their own. H. trifurcata discharges the chemical with droplets
Feng Wang et al.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 79(5), 1946-1951 (2011-06-28)
A fluorescent enhancement system carminic acid (CA)-La3+-CTAB is found and based on this finding a new fluorimetric method for the determination of CA is developed. Under optimized conditions, the enhanced intensities of fluorescence are quantitatively in proportion to the concentrations
Samanan Poowakanjana et al.
Journal of food science, 74(9), C707-C712 (2010-05-25)
Carmine used to color surimi seafood often seeps or bleeds from red-colored meat to white meat when vacuum-packed products go through high-temperature long-time pasteurization. Various physical and chemical treatments were examined to investigate means to inhibit or minimize carmine bleeding
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