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H6378

20α-Hydroxycholesterol

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

5-Cholestene-3β,20α-diol

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C27H46O2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
402.65
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
MDL number:
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grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

assay

≥98%

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

clinical testing

format

neat

SMILES string

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

InChI

1S/C27H46O2/c1-18(2)7-6-14-27(5,29)24-11-10-22-21-9-8-19-17-20(28)12-15-25(19,3)23(21)13-16-26(22,24)4/h8,18,20-24,28-29H,6-7,9-17H2,1-5H3/t20-,21-,22-,23-,24-,25-,26-,27-/m0/s1

InChI key

MCKLJFJEQRYRQT-APGJSSKUSA-N

Application

20α-Hydroxycholesterol has been used as a standard to determine the concentration of 20α-hydroxycholesterol, present in food samples using gas chromatography with an ion trap detector coupled with mass spectrometer (GC-IT-MS).
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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)



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J W Laskey et al.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 108(2), 296-306 (1991-04-01)
In vivo assessment of toxicant action on Leydig cell function is subject to homeostatic mechanisms which make it difficult to determine whether any changes seen in serum testosterone (T) concentration are due to extragonadal endocrine alterations or to a direct
B C McNamara et al.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 73(2-3), 123-134 (1990-10-22)
Side-chain cleavage (SCC) of endogenous cholesterol in adrenal mitochondria isolated from ACTH-treated rats indicates that the size of the reactive cholesterol pool depends on the reducing precursor. At optimal concentrations of reductant, this pool was typically at least 2 times
Ying Yong Lin et al.
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology, 85(1), 57-61 (2003-06-12)
The presence of 20(S)-hydroxycholesterol in rat brains and human placenta has been established using the gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) select ion monitoring (SIM) technique. Identification was ensured by three criteria: the specific retention time when the compound emerges from the



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SKUGTIN
H6378-5MG04061833652107