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| Preferred IUPAC name
3-[4-(2-Hydroxyethyl)piperazin-1-yl]propane-1-sulfonic acid | |
| Other names
HEPPS, EPPS | |
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| ChemSpider | |
| ECHA InfoCard | 100.036.528 |
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA) |
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| Properties | |
| C9H20N2O4S | |
| Molar mass | 252.33 g·mol−1 |
| Melting point | (decomposes) |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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HEPPS (EPPS) is a buffering agent used in biology and biochemistry. The pKa of HEPPS is 8.00. It is ones of Good's buffers.
Research on mice with Alzheimer's disease-like amyloid beta plaques has shown that HEPPS can cause the plaques to break up, reversing some of the symptoms in the mice. HEPPS was reported to dissociate amyloid beta oligomers in patients' plasma samples enabling blood diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.