Description
Phytic acid, dodecasodium salt is present in all eukaryotic cells and functions as a phosphate storage depot and precursor to inositol phosphates and pyrophosphates in plant species. It is also a chelator of divalent and trivalent cations and acts with nuclear pore protein Gle1 in yeast. Phytic acid is used to determine zinc bioavailability.
Product Specifications
Phytic acid, dodecasodium salt
Inositol hexaphosphoric acid, dodecasodium salt
myo-Inositol hexakis(dihydrogen phosphate), dodecasodium salt
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY GRADE
Formula: C6H6O24P6Na12
MW: 923.81 g/mol