Synonym(s): (2-Hydroxyethyl)trimethylammonium chloride
Formula: (CH3)3N(Cl)CH2CH2OH
Formula Weight: 139.62
CAS No.: 67-48-1
Purity: ≥98%
Application: A source of methyl groups for methyl-transfer reactions.
Beilstein Registry Number: 3563126
EC No.: 200-655-4
Melting Point: 302-305°C (dec.)(lit.)
Biochem/physiol Actions: The enzymatic activities of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) and paraoxonase 1 (PON1), two serum enzymes synthesized by the liver and related with inflammation, were decreased in a sepsis animal model injected with LPS. Choline chloride administered intravenously at 20 mg/kg body weight prevents the LPS-mediated decreases in the activities of these two enzymes 1.
Substrates: Choline acetyltransferase substrate
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C6H13N