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F5379

Fucosterol

≥93%, powder, antioxidant

Synonym(s):

3β-Hydroxy-5,24(28)-stigmastadiene, 5,24(28)-Stigmastadien-3β-ol

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C29H48O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
412.69
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.77
MDL number:
Assay:
≥93%
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Product Name

Fucosterol, ≥93%

Quality Segment

assay

≥93%

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

C\C=C(/CC[C@H](C)C1CCC2C3CC=C4CC(O)CCC4(C)C3CCC12C)C(C)C

InChI

1S/C29H48O/c1-7-21(19(2)3)9-8-20(4)25-12-13-26-24-11-10-22-18-23(30)14-16-28(22,5)27(24)15-17-29(25,26)6/h7,10,19-20,23-27,30H,8-9,11-18H2,1-6H3/b21-7+

InChI key

OSELKOCHBMDKEJ-QPSGOUHRSA-N

General description

Fucosterol is a phytosterol abundantly present in algae, Ecklonia arborea and Silvetia compressa.

Application

Fucosterol has been used:
  • as an environmental contaminant to study its effect on morphological development in growing zebrafish embryos and larvae
  • to study its anxiolytic effects in mice
  • as an external standard to analyze sterols in seaweed samples



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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