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L5768

Lanosterol

≥93%, powder

Synonym(s):

3β-Hydroxy-8,24-lanostadiene, 8,24-Lanostadien-3β-ol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C30H50O
CAS Number:
79-63-0
Molecular Weight:
426.72
NACRES:
NA.77
PubChem Substance ID:
24896417
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
EC Number:
201-214-9
MDL number:
MFCD00021108

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Product Name

Lanosterol, ≥93%, powder

InChI key

CAHGCLMLTWQZNJ-BQNIITSRSA-N

InChI

1S/C30H50O/c1-20(2)10-9-11-21(3)22-14-18-30(8)24-12-13-25-27(4,5)26(31)16-17-28(25,6)23(24)15-19-29(22,30)7/h10,21-22,25-26,31H,9,11-19H2,1-8H3/t21-,22-,25+,26+,28-,29-,30+/m1/s1

SMILES string

[H][C@@]1(CC[C@@]2(C)C3=C(CC[C@]12C)[C@@]4(C)CC[C@H](O)C(C)(C)[C@]4([H])CC3)[C@H](C)CC\C=C(/C)C

assay

≥93%

form

powder

color

white to off-white

storage temp.

−20°C

Quality Level

200

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Application

Lanosterol has been used:
  • as a standard in HPLC for the quantification in testis samples
  • in S-adenosyl-L-methionine:Δ24-sterol-C-methyltransferase (SMT) assay
  • to treat wild-type cells growing in rich medium to know its effects on Sre1 protein

Biochem/physiol Actions

Cholesterol precursor sterol.
Lanosterol serves as an endogenous selective modulator of macrophage immunity.

General description

Lanosterol, an amphipathic molecule, that is produced by lanosterol synthase (LSS). It is enriched in the lens.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Ergosterol regulates sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP) cleavage in fission yeast
Porter J R, et al.
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285(52), 41051-41061 (2010)
Ying-Chi Du et al.
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology, 19(8-9), 788-796 (2012-04-21)
Antrodia camphorata (AC) is a native Taiwanese mushroom which is used in Asian folk medicine as a chemopreventive agent. The triterpenoid-rich fraction (FEA) was obtained from the ethanolic extract of AC and characterized by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). FEA
Evgeniy O Yablokov et al.
Biochimie, 162, 156-166 (2019-04-30)
The aim of the present work was to establish the thermodynamic and functional differences in the protein-protein interactions between the components of the P450-dependent mitochondrial (mit) and microsomal (mic) monooxygenase systems using 12 different isoforms of cytochromes P450 and two
Chih-Chuang Liaw et al.
Journal of natural products, 76(4), 489-494 (2013-03-23)
Four new lanostanoids, ethyl lucidenate A (1), ethyl lucidenate F (2), 15-O-acetylganolucidate A (3), and 3,11,15,23-tetraoxo-27ξ-lanosta-8,16-dien-26-oic acid (4), and two new lactone derivatives, 5-hydroxy-5-(methoxymethyl)-4-methylfuran-2(5H)-one (5) and 3-(4-methoxy-2-oxo-2H-pyran-6-yl)propanoic acid (6), together with four known compounds, 11α-hydroxy-3,7-dioxolanost-8,24(E)-dien-26- oic acid (7), 3,7,11-trioxo-5α-lanosta-8,24(E)-dien-26-oic acid
Lanosterol reverses protein aggregation in cataracts
Zhao L, et al.
Nature, 523(7562), 607-607 (2015)
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