Chemical Properties
white to beige crystalline powder
Uses
Traumatic Acid, is the product of a biosynthetic pathway from a physiological role of alpha-ketol fatty acids in plant lipid hydroperoxide lyase metabolism. This compound is also used in would healing as it stimulates cell division to form a protective callus around the wound site.
Definition
ChEBI: A monounsaturated straight-chain dicarboxylic acid with the double bond at C-2; a plant wound-healing hormone.
Purification Methods
Crystallise the acid from EtOH, acetone or glyme. The bis-4-phenylphenacyl ester has m 144-145o (from EtOH). [Beilstein 2 III 1978, 2 IV 2279.]
