Product Name: Genipin

Specification: 98% MIN HPLC

Molecular Formula : C11H14O5

Molecular Weight: 226.23

C A S No. :2902-77-8

Botanical origin: Gardenia jasminoides Ellis

Appearance: white powder

Product Description:

Genipin is a chemical compound found in gardenia fruit extract. It is an aglycone derived from an iridoid glycoside called geniposide present in fruit of Gardenia jasminoides.

Genipin is a naturally occurring material that shows great potential as a use in biomaterials and also as a fingerprint reagent. As stated earlier genipin crosslinked material has been use as a bioadhesive, in wound dressing materials, and as a bone substitute. In addition to these studies, studies have also been conducted to investigate genipin crosslinked gelatin as a conduit for peripheral nerve regeneration and genipin crosslinked chitosan for protein drug delivery. Based on these novel experiments, I believe that genipin will become an important crosslinking reagent for biomaterials in the future. I also believe it can be valuable as a reagent to develop latent fingerprints.

Genipin is an excellent natural cross-linker for proteins, collagen, gelatin, and chitosan cross-linking. It has a low acute toxicity, with LD50 i.v. 382 mg/kg in mice, therefore, much less toxic than glutaraldehyde and many other commonly used synthetic cross-linking reagents. Furthermore, genipin can be used as a regulating agent for drug delivery, as the raw material for gardenia blue pigment preparation, and as the intermediate for alkaloid syntheses.