pyruvic acid
Drug ingredientThis chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.
Where It Comes From
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
BioActive Nutritional, Inc.
Energique, Inc.
Guna spa
Why It Matters
Sectors
Health
Downstream Uses
Appears in 7 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Lungex II
- •Liverex I
- •GUNA-Geriatrics
- •Spleenex V
- •Kidnex IV
- •Spleenex VH
- •Metabolism
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Vendor Pricing
$0.04/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$18.00 / 500 g
Purity97%
Vendors25 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
24 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.04 | 1 kg | 97% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.07 | 500 g | 98% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.07 | 500 g | 98% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.10 | 1 kg | — |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.10 | 25 kg | 97% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.10 | 25 kg | 97% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.12 | 500 g | 98% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.12 | 500 g | 96% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.15 | 1 kg | 97% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.15 | 1 kg | 97% |
| Apollo Scientific UK | United Kingdom | $0.18 | 2.5 kg | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.19 | 500 g | 95% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 95% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.60 | 100 g | 98% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $3.00 | 50 g | 99.86% |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $10.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| Molnova | China | $74.00 | 500 mg | 99% |
| Key Organics Ltd. | United Kingdom | $1960.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $2900.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 97% |
| Asinex | Netherlands | $6461.40 | 100 mg | 90% |
| TimTec, LLC (back-ordered) | United States | $32000.00 | 15 mg | 94% |
Chemical Identity
CAS127-17-3
PubChem CID1060
DTXSIDDTXSID2021650
FormulaC3H4O3
Mol. Weight88.06 g/mol
SMILESCC(=O)C(=O)O
Data Sources
10602026-04-07
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/name/pyruvic acid/cids/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_name/pyruvic acid.json
CAS 127-17-32026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory
Archive: data/sources/tsca/tsca_inventory.csv
bulk match2026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json