Vitamin K3 (Menadione sodium bisulfite)
CAS No: 130-37-0
Formula: C11H11NaO5S
Specification:
Appearance: White crystalline powder
Assay: 96.0% min
Menadione: 50.0% min
NaHSO3: 5.0% max
Solution color: No.4 of yellow and green standard colorimetric solution
Menadione sulfonate: No precipitation
Water content: 12.5% max
Chromium: 50 mg/kg max
Heavy metals (Pb): 20 mg/kg max
Arsenic: 2 mg/kg max
Application:
Menadione sodium bisulfite has been used as a priming agent in tomato for improving salt tolerance, to induce reactive oxygen species (ROS) in human lung epithelium BEAS-2B microtissues, to induce endogenous superoxide production in mouse C17.2 neural stem cells.