应用

Putrescine dihydrochloride has been used:

as a bioactive amine standard in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).as a component of hormone mix supplemented to Dulbecco′s modified eagle medium (DMEM) to study its effects on neural stem cells.as a supplement in DMEM for culturing of endometrial cancer cells.

生化/生理作用

结合到 NMDA 受体的聚胺调控位点并增强 NMDA 感应电流；亚精胺的前体。

Putrescine is an aliphatic amine and is positively charged. It acts as a precursor of spermine and plays a role in polyamine biosynthesis. Putrescine is found in several plants, animals, and bacteria. It plays a role in cell proliferation and cell growth in Escherichia coli. Putrescine is a component of agrochemicals, surfactants, pharmaceuticals, polymers, and additives.