H6167

Cholesterol

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

• Synonym(s): 3β-Hydroxy-5-cholestene, 5-Cholesten-3β-ol
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₂₇H₄₆O
• CAS Number: 57-88-5
• Molecular Weight: 386.65
• Beilstein: 1915888
• EC Number: 200-353-2
• MDL number: MFCD00003646
• PubChem Substance ID: 329815229
• NACRES: NA.21

Properties

• biological source: sheep wool
• Quality Level: 300
• Agency: meets USP/NF testing specifications
• form: powder
• origin: Australia origin; New Zealand origin
• 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.)
• 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

Description

Packaging

100 g in poly bottle

1 kg in poly drum

Biochem/physiol Actions

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

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 11 - Combustible Solids
• WGK: WGK 1
• Flash Point(F): Not applicable
• Flash Point(C): Not applicable