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26732

Cholesterol

from lanolin, ≥99.0% (GC)

Synonym(s):

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

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C27H46O
CAS Number:
57-88-5
Molecular Weight:
386.65
NACRES:
NA.79
PubChem Substance ID:
329752881
eCl@ss:
39023139
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
EC Number:
200-353-2
MDL number:
MFCD00003646
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1915888

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Product Name

Cholesterol, from lanolin, ≥99.0% (GC)

InChI key

HVYWMOMLDIMFJA-DPAQBDIFSA-N

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

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

biological source

lanolin

assay

≥99.0% (GC)

form

powder

bp

360 °C (lit.)

mp

147-149 °C (lit.)
148-150 °C

solubility

chloroform: 0.1 g/mL, clear, colorless

density

1.067 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

200

Gene Information

human ... POLA1(5422), TOP2A(7153)
rat ... Ar(24208), Polb(29240)

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Sigma-Aldrich

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Sigma-Aldrich

C8503

Cholesterol

Cholesterol from sheep wool, Controlled origin, meets USP/NF testing specifications

SAFC

H6167

Cholesterol

Cholesterol Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Supelco

PHR1533

Cholesterol

biological source

lanolin

biological source

sheep wool

biological source

sheep wool

biological source

-

assay

≥99.0% (GC)

assay

≥92.5% (GC)

assay

-

assay

-

solubility

chloroform: 0.1 g/mL, clear, colorless

solubility

water: soluble 0.00003 g/L at 20 °C

solubility

water: soluble 0.00003 g/L at 20 °C

solubility

water: soluble 0.00003 g/L at 20 °C

storage temp.

2-8°C

storage temp.

room temp

storage temp.

-

storage temp.

-10 to -25°C

form

powder

form

powder

form

powder

form

powder

density

1.067 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

density

1.067 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

density

1.067 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

density

1.067 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

Biochem/physiol Actions

Major component of all biological membranes; ~25% of total brain lipid is cholesterol.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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BCBR0416V
BCBP1264V
BCBK3087V

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The American journal of clinical nutrition, 101(5), 914-921 (2015-05-03)
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Peter Libby et al.
Immunity, 38(6), 1092-1104 (2013-07-03)
According to the traditional view, atherosclerosis results from a passive buildup of cholesterol in the artery wall. Yet, burgeoning evidence implicates inflammation and immune effector mechanisms in the pathogenesis of this disease. Both innate and adaptive immunity operate during atherogenesis
Matthew P Buman et al.
American journal of epidemiology, 179(3), 323-334 (2013-12-10)
Sleep and sedentary and active behaviors are linked to cardiovascular disease risk biomarkers, and across a 24-hour day, increasing time in 1 behavior requires decreasing time in another. We explored associations of reallocating time to sleep, sedentary behavior, or active
Michael J Pencina et al.
The New England journal of medicine, 370(15), 1422-1431 (2014-03-22)
The 2013 guidelines of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC-AHA) for the treatment of cholesterol expand the indications for statin therapy for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition
Steven A Grover et al.
The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology, 3(2), 114-122 (2014-12-09)
Despite the increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes associated with excess bodyweight, development of a clinically meaningful metric for health professionals remains a challenge. We estimated the years of life lost and the life-years lost from diabetes
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