Isovanillin (5-Formylguaiacol, 3-Hydroxy-p-anisaldehyde, 3-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde) is a reversible inhibitor of aldehyde oxidase. It is largely used as pharmaceutical intermediates and also applied in food and beverage industry, synthetic fragrances, chemical.
Isovanillin is a potent competitive inhibitor of 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde oxidation by aldehyde oxidase with Ki values of 0.664 μM (n = 2)[1].
[1] Panoutsopoulos GI, et al. Acta Biochim Pol. 2004, 51(3):649-63.
















