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Coprostan-3-ol

≥98%

Synonym(s):

5β-Cholestan-3β-ol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C27H48O
CAS Number:
360-68-9
Molecular Weight:
388.67
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
57654041
UNSPSC Code:
12352001
EC Number:
206-638-8
MDL number:
MFCD00068259
Assay:
≥98%
Form:
powder
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Quality Segment

200

assay

≥98%

form

powder

SMILES string

[H]C12CCC3C4CCC([C@@H](C)CCCC(C)C)C4(C)CCC3C1(C)CCC(O)C2

InChI

1S/C27H48O/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/h18-25,28H,6-17H2,1-5H3/t19-,20-,21+,22+,23-,24+,25+,26+,27-/m1/s1

InChI key

QYIXCDOBOSTCEI-NWKZBHTNSA-N

General description

Coprostan-3-ol is a cholesterol derivative that can be prepared from 5β-cholestan-3-one via reduction.

Application

Coprostan-3-ol can be used as an internal standard:
  • For the determination of total amounts of cholesterol and 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase by GC-MS.
  • For GC-MS estimation of EpHβA (16-hydroxy-β-amyrin) content of leaves expressing SAD1 and CYP51H10 genes with a green fluorescent protein.

It has been used as an internal standard for the determination of total amounts of cholesterol and 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase by GC/MS.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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