5-Hydroxymethylfurfural
Catalog No: CFN97149
5-Hydroxymethylfurfural is one component of food, has antioxidative properties and is therefore used as an acting agent in a novel anticancer infusion solution, named Karal®, and an oral supplementation. 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural could be formed in soft beverages of rich sugar during process, and often used as an index of heat treatment, it is also considered as potentially carcinogenic to humans.
5-Hydroxytryptophan
Catalog No: CFN99742
5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) is the precursor of serotonin , has been widely used as a dietary supplement to raise serotonin level, it is an effective drug against depression, insomnia, obesity, chronic headaches, etc. 5-HTP supplementation can inhibit endothelial serotonylation, leukocyte recruitment, and allergic inflammation, it also can reduce the symptoms of anxiety/depression of that patients with allergy/asthma. 5-HTP
may be involved in inducing the female to stay in copula and delay egg-laying to prevent re-mating of the female.