Introduction | catechol alias catechol, Joule tea phenol, is a hydroxyl substituted benzene two Ortho Hydrogen compounds. As a basic raw material of fine chemicals, Catechol is mainly used in the manufacture of photographic developers, polymerization inhibitors, electroplating additives, hair dyes, skin antiseptic fungicides, and has applications in medicine, pesticides and the like. |
Primary use | Catechol is an important commercial chemical with an annual output of about 40,000 tons, it is widely used in the manufacture of rubber hardener, electroplating additives, skin antiseptic, hair dye, photographic developer, etc. It is also a pesticide intermediate used in the synthesis of bactericides such as epirubicin, pesticide Propoxur and carbofuran. |
biological activity | caulophylogenin is a triterpene saponin extracted from M. Pompha. Caulophylogenin is a partial agonist of PPARγ with an EC50 value of 12.6 μm. Caulophyllogenin can be used to study type 2 diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome and inflammation. |