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85451

β-Sitosterol

≥70%

Synonym(s):

α-Dihydrofucosterol, 22,23-Dihydrostigmasterol, 24α-Ethylcholesterol, 5-Stigmasten-3β-ol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C29H50O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
414.71
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
NACRES:
NA.77
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
201-480-6
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1916165
MDL number:

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biological source

plant

Quality Level

assay

≥70%

form

powder

impurities

campesterol and β-sitostanol, residual

mp

136-140 °C (lit.)

functional group

hydroxyl

SMILES string

O[C@H](C1)CC[C@@]2(C)C1=CC[C@]3([H])[C@]2([H])CC[C@@]4(C)[C@@]3([H])CC[C@]4([H])[C@H](C)CC[C@H](C(C)C)CC

InChI

1S/C29H50O/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/h10,19-21,23-27,30H,7-9,11-18H2,1-6H3/t20-,21-,23+,24+,25-,26+,27+,28+,29-/m1/s1

InChI key

KZJWDPNRJALLNS-VJSFXXLFSA-N

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S12701612947567152
assay

≥70%

assay

≥95%

assay

-

assay

≥75% (β-sitosterol, GC), ≥95% sterol basis

biological source

plant

biological source

synthetic

biological source

-

biological source

-

functional group

hydroxyl

functional group

hydroxyl

functional group

-

functional group

-

form

powder

form

powder

form

-

form

solid

mp

136-140 °C (lit.)

mp

136-140 °C (lit.)

mp

136-140 °C (lit.)

mp

-

Quality Level

200

Quality Level

100

Quality Level

-

Quality Level

100

Application

β-Sitosterol was used to supplement diet of mice to study its effect on body mass accumulation.

Biochem/physiol Actions

β-Sitosterol is a plant sterol that has hypocholesterolemic activity.[1] Only 5% of β-Sitosterol is absorbed by humans. It is hypothesized that the cholesterol-lowering activity is by competing cholesterol for uptake by the cells or by interfering with the esterification of cholesterol.[2] β-Sitosterol is reported to reduce the incidence of colon tumors.[3]

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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Oliver Harlé et al.
PloS one, 15(5), e0233285-e0233285 (2020-05-27)
Fermentation by microorganisms is a key step in the production of traditional food products such as bread, cheese, beer and wine. In these fermentative ecosystems, microorganisms interact in various ways, namely competition, predation, commensalism and mutualism. Traditional wine fermentation is
F J Field et al.
Journal of lipid research, 24(4), 409-417 (1983-04-01)
Rabbits were fed either 10% coconut oil, 10% coconut oil and 1% beta-sitosterol, 10% coconut oil and 1% cholesterol, or 10% coconut oil and 1% beta-sitosterol plus 1% cholesterol for 4 weeks. Microsomal membranes from intestines of animals fed the
P P Nair et al.
The American journal of clinical nutrition, 40(4 Suppl), 927-930 (1984-10-01)
Cholesterol and fat are implicated as dietary factors enhancing the risk for colon carcinogenesis. Plant sterols such as beta-sitosterol when added to diets of experimental animals treated with colon carcinogens reduce tumor yields and counteract the proliferative changes associated with
Pauline Seguinot et al.
Frontiers in microbiology, 11, 305-305 (2020-03-19)
Non-Saccharomyces yeasts are currently widely used in winemaking to enhance aroma profile diversity among wines. The use of Metschnikowia pulcherrima in sequential inoculation with S. cerevisiae was compared to the inoculation of a pure culture of S. cerevisiae. Moreover, various
M Sugano et al.
The Journal of nutrition, 107(11), 2011-2019 (1977-11-01)
The hypocholesterolemic activity of beta-sitosterol and its hydrogenated product, beta-sitostanol (dihydrositosterol or stigmastanol) has been compared in young male rats. When cholesterol was included in the diet, sitostanol consistently exhibited significantly greater hypocholesterolemic activity than sitosterol. There were no apparent

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