MPMA

Synonym(s): 4-O-Methylphorbol 12-Myristate 13-Acetate

CAS Number

57716-89-9

Commodity Code

2916200090

MDL Number

MFCD00036790

Purity

>99%

Notes

Discriminates among several effects of the phorbol esters on mouse skin; effectively stimulates mouse skin cell proliferation and hyperplasia, at a dose that does not induce ornithine decarboxylase activity, causes little or no inflammation, and promotes tumors only weakly  Cancer Res. 39:  4183-4188 (1979).