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Product Name: Shikimic Acid
Name: Shikimic Acid
CAS No. 138-59-0
Molecular formula: C7H10O5
Molecular weight: 174.15
Appearance: White powder
Specification:98%by HPLC
Use Part : Fruit
Appearance: white crystal powder
Mesh size: Pass 80 Mesh
Test Method: HPLC

Shikimic acid is a white crystalline compound of nonnitrogenous acid found in various plants naturally. It has two kind
functional groups in the same molecule, three hydroxyl groups and a carboxylic acid group, which are optically active.
They can yield various kinds of esters and salts. Shikimic acid is a cyclitol, a polyhydroxylated cycloalkane containing
at least three hydroxy groups in the ring at different positions. Examples are inositol and quinic acid.
The most important feature of cyclitol is that there are chiral isomers, key intermediates in the biosynthesis of aromatic
compounds in living metabolism. Shikimic acid is a key intermediate in the biochemical pathway from

phosphoenolpyruvic acid to tyrosine.

1.Shikimic acid effected by arachidonic acid.
2.Shikimic acid acts as anti-inflammatory ,analgesic.
3.Shikimic acid is the drug intermediates of anti-cancer and anti-virus.
4.Moreover, shikimic acid is also the basis raw materials of combating avian flu.
5.Shikimic acid can inhibit the concentrating of the blood platelets,inhibit arterial,venous thrombosis and cerebral

thrombosis.
6. It also as antiviral and anticancer medicine intermediates.

20:1 star anise Powder 
 Shelf Life:24 months when properly stored.