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Cholesterol

from sheep wool, ≥92.5% (GC), powder

Synonym(s):

3β-Hydroxy-5-cholestene, 5-Cholesten-3β-ol

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C27H46O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
386.65
NACRES:
NA.77
PubChem Substance ID:
eCl@ss:
39023139
UNSPSC Code:
41141804
EC Number:
200-353-2
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1915888

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biological source

sheep wool

Quality Segment

assay

≥92.5% (GC)

form

powder

bp

360 °C (lit.)

mp

147-149 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble 0.00003 g/L at 20 °C

density

1.067 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

CC(C)CCC[C@@H](C)[C@H]1CC[C@H]2[C@@H]3CC=C4C[C@@H](O)CC[C@]4(C)[C@H]3CC[C@]12C

InChI

1S/C27H46O/c1-18(2)7-6-8-19(3)23-11-12-24-22-10-9-20-17-21(28)13-15-26(20,4)25(22)14-16-27(23,24)5/h9,18-19,21-25,28H,6-8,10-17H2,1-5H3/t19-,21+,22+,23-,24+,25+,26+,27-/m1/s1

InChI key

HVYWMOMLDIMFJA-DPAQBDIFSA-N

Gene Information

Application

Cholesterol was used to prepare immune-stimulating complexes to enhance cellular and humoral responses.[1] It was incorporated in animal feed to study the effect of cholesterol-rich diet.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Cholesterol is a lipid makes up about 20-25% of the structural components of the cell membranes. It determines the fluidity and permeability of the membrane, making it permeable to water but not to ions and protons. Cholesterol also regulates the functions of the transporters and signaling proteins present on the plasma membrane.[2] The major sites of cholesterol synthesis are small intestine and liver.[3]
Major component of all biological membranes; ~25% of total brain lipid is cholesterol.

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biological source

sheep wool

biological source

ovine wool

biological source

sheep wool

biological source

sheep

assay

≥92.5% (GC)

assay

≥99%

assay

≥99%

assay

-

form

powder

form

powder

form

powder

form

-

solubility

water: soluble 0.00003 g/L at 20 °C

solubility

H2O: 0.002 mg/mL, Tween: soluble, ethanol: soluble, serum: soluble

solubility

water: soluble 0.00003 g/L at 20 °C

solubility

-

storage temp.

room temp

storage temp.

−20°C

storage temp.

−20°C

storage temp.

−20°C

shipped in

ambient

shipped in

ambient

shipped in

ambient

shipped in

-


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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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