Chemical Name: 5-Thio-5-deoxy-D-glucose. Alternate Names: 5TG
Glucose transport inhibitor
Molecular Weight:
196.2
Purity:
97% by HPLC NMR (Conforms)
Form:
White solid
CAS Number:
[20408-97-3]
Formula:
C6H12O5S
Application Notes:
A potent competitive inhibitor of the cellular transport of glucose and glucose-mediated insulin release.1 May be used to induce a state of glucose deprivation in laboratory animals.2 Stimulates feeding in rat models.3 Induces Alzheimer-like changes in frontal cortex and hippocampus in rats.4 Elevates renal TGF-1 at a dose that does not prevent streptozotocin diabetes in rats.5
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