Phenylarsine oxide is used as a poultry coccidiostat in veterinary medicine. It is also used in a membrane-permeable protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor.
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Applications
Phenylarsine oxide is used as a poultry coccidiostat in veterinary medicine. It is also used in a membrane-permeable protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor.
Solubility
Soluble in dimethyl sulfoxide, chloroform, benzene, ether, ethanol, 50:50 dimethyl sulfoxide:1 M hydrochloric acid (3.0 mg/ml) and toluene. Insoluble in water.
Notes
Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
Carlin, K. P.; Wu, G.; Patel, A.; Crumley, G.; Ilyin, V. I. Phenylarsine oxide as a redox modulator of transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 channel function. J. Neurosci. Res. 2015, 93 (2), 309-320.
Owen, T. S.; Xie, X. J.; Laraway, B.; Ngoje, G.; Wang, C.; Callahan, B. P. Active Site Targeting of Hedgehog Precursor Protein with Phenylarsine Oxide. ChemBioChem 2015, 16 (1), 55-58.