L-Canaline - CAS 496-93-5

L-Canaline, a nonprotein amino acid found in many leguminous plants, exhibits potent anticancer and antiproliferative effects. It effectively inhibits the growth of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum with an IC50 of 297 nM. Additionally, L-Canaline acts as a cytotoxic metabolite produced from L-canavanine through arginase catalysis and serves as a potent and irreversible inhibitor of ornithine aminotransferase.

Parasite, Others, Endogenous Metabolite

Others, Microbiology/Virology, Metabolism

398

C4H10N2O3

134.13

[C@@H](C(O)=O)(CCON)N

-20°C

Ice Packs

Natural Product