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C2648

Cholesterol 5β,6β-epoxide

≥98%

Synonym(s):

5β,6β-Epoxycholestan-3β-ol

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C27H46O2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
402.65
NACRES:
NA.28
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
MDL number:
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Quality Level

assay

≥98%

form

powder

functional group

epoxy

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

[H][C@@]12[C@]([C@](CC[C@H](O)C3)(C)[C@]3(O4)[C@H]4C2)([H])CC[C@@]5(C)[C@@]1([H])CC[C@]5([H])[C@]([H])(C)CCCC(C)C

InChI

1S/C27H46O2/c1-17(2)7-6-8-18(3)21-9-10-22-20-15-24-27(29-24)16-19(28)11-14-26(27,5)23(20)12-13-25(21,22)4/h17-24,28H,6-16H2,1-5H3

InChI key

PRYIJAGAEJZDBO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Application

Cholesterol 5β,6β-epoxide was used to treat PC12 cells or HepG2 and Caco-2 cells to study the effects of cholesterol oxidation.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Cholesterol 5β,6β-epoxide is an oxysterol produced as an oxidation product of cholesterol. Oxysterols are cytotoxic and induce death in monocytes, smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells. The mechanism of apoptosis induced by oxysterols may involve caspases or DNA fragmentation.


Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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Cholesterol oxides as biomarkers of oxidative stress in type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Ferderbar S, Pereira EC, Apolinario E, et al.
Diabetes and Metabolism, 23, 35-42 (2007)
Zhi-Hua Chen et al.
FEBS letters, 580(2), 479-483 (2006-01-03)
The adaptive response induced by the lipid peroxidation products, such as phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxide, lysophosphatidylcholine (LysoPC), 15-deoxy-Delta(12,14)-prostaglandin J(2), 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE), hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid, 7-hydroxycholesterol, and cholesterol 5beta,6beta-epoxide, was investigated in this study. Although these products have been implicated in oxidative stress-related diseases
Sinéad Lordan et al.
Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology, 21(6), 362-372 (2007-11-13)
Oxidized low-density lipoprotein contains many potentially proatherogenic molecules, including oxysterols, which have been shown to induce apoptosis in various cell lines. The aim of this study was to investigate the pathway of apoptosis induced by oxidized low-density lipoprotein and the



Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
C2648-10MG04061833484418
C2648-50MG04061833484425