SPECIFICATION

Product name: Cantharidin

Part of Used:  Shell
Specification: 99%

Appearance: White Powder
Active ingredient: Cantharidin

Ordor: Ordorless
Latin Name: Mylabris cichorii L.
Molecular Weight:196.2
Detection Method: HPLC
Molecular Formula: C10H12O4

Cantharidin is a potent small molecule inhibitor of PP2A (protein phosphatase 2A), used as an herbicide and a known toxin to animals. Cantharidin shows strong inhibition of PP2A (IC50=40 nM) compared to the analog Endothall (sc-201325), with Cantharidin displaying near complete inhibition of phosphatase activity.

 1. Cantharidin Powder (diluted solutions) can be used as a topical medication to remove warts and tattoos and to treat the small papules of Molluscum contagiosum.
2. Cantharidin Powder can also be used to help treat lung cancer, rectum cancer and carcinoma of mammary gland, etc.
3. Cantharidin Powder has been widely put into clinical use, like treating skin diseases.