Caffeic acid

Product Description

Product name:Caffeic acid

CAS:331-39-5

MF:C9H8O4

MW:180.16

Description: Caffeic acid belongs to common phenolic compounds with effects of increasing the levels of white blood cells. It is easily to be confused with caffeine and is widely distributed in the plant kingdom. Its major plant sources include lemon peel, Ranunculaceae cimicifuga rhizome, and valerian root. Caffeic acid, together with ferulic acid, erucic acid, and p-hydroxy cinnamic acid are ubiquitous hydroxy cinnamic acid-class molecule distributed in various kinds of plants. This kind of products has conjugated double bonds in the side chain of the molecular structure, and thus exhibiting significant fluorescence upon ultraviolet light, mostly showing bluish color fluorescence. This is a advantage for paper chromatography tests or thin layer chromatography tests.

It is used for preventing or stopping bleeding during surgery, as well as hemostasis in the department of medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, etc. It is also used for various causes of neutropenia and thrombocytopenia.