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C36H60O30
972.8 g/mol
Food Additive

Alpha-CYCLODEXTRIN

CAS10016-20-3EC233-007-4
Category
Food Additive
Compound Class
Natural Product
Primary Use
Food additive and pharmaceutical excipient

Alpha-cyclodextrin is a cyclic oligosaccharide composed of six glucose units linked by α-1,4 glycosidic bonds, produced from starch through enzymatic conversion. It is widely used as a food additive and pharmaceutical excipient for its ability to form inclusion complexes with various molecules.

Food additivePharmaceutical excipientDrug delivery agent

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Identifiers
IUPAC Name

(1S,3R,5R,6S,8R,10R,11S,13R,15R,16S,18R,20R,21S,23R,25R,26S,28R,30R,31R,32R,33R,34R,35R,36R,37R,38R,39R,40R,41R,42R)-5,10,15,20,25,30-hexakis(hydroxymethyl)-2,4,7,9,12,14,17,19,22,24,27,29-dodecaoxaheptacyclo[26.2.2.23,6.28,11.213,16.218,21.223,26]dotetracontane-31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42-dodecol

InChIKey

HFHDHCJBZVLPGP-RWMJIURBSA-N

SMILES

C([C@@H]1[C@@H]2[C@@H]([C@H]([C@H](O1)O[C@@H]3[C@H](O[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H]3O)O)O[C@@H]4[C@H](O[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H]4O)O)O[C@@H]5[C@H](O[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H]5O)O)O[C@@H]6[C@H](O[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H]6O)O)O[C@@H]7[C@H](O[C@H](O2)[C@@H]([C@H]7O)O)CO)CO)CO)CO)CO)O)O)O

Synonyms (41)
  • E-457
  • Alfadex (INN/NF)
  • Alfadex, European Pharmacopoeia (EP)
  • Alfadexum [INN-Latin]
  • Alpha Cyclodextrin, United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
  • Betadex EP Impurity A
  • 2zym
  • 3ck7
  • 3zst
  • 4fem
  • ALFADEX [MART.]
  • Alfadex
  • Alfadex CRS
  • Alfadexum
  • Cavamax w 6 food
  • Cavamax w6
  • Celdex a 100
  • Cyclohexaamylose
  • Cyclohexapentylose
  • Cyclomaltohexaose
  • Cyclomaltohexose
  • DEXY PEARL ALPHA-100
  • Dextrin, alpha-cyclo
  • Ins no.457
  • Oristar acd
  • Ringdex-a
  • a-cyclodextrin
  • alpha-CYCLODEXTRIN
  • alpha-Cycloamylose
  • alpha-Dextrin
  • alpha-Schardinger dextrin