Skip to Content
Merck
All Photos(4)

Documents

O3379

Sigma-Aldrich

1-Octacosanol

≥99% (GC)

Synonym(s):

n-Octacosanol, Octacosanol

Sign Into View Organizational & Contract Pricing


About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C28H58O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
410.76
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.25

Quality Level

Assay

≥99% (GC)

form

powder

lipid type

oils

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCO

InChI

1S/C28H58O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29/h29H,2-28H2,1H3

InChI key

CNNRPFQICPFDPO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Search for Certificates of Analysis (COA) by entering the products Lot/Batch Number. Lot and Batch Numbers can be found on a product’s label following the words ‘Lot’ or ‘Batch’.

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Simonetta Oliaro-Bosso et al.
Lipids, 44(10), 907-916 (2009-09-19)
Octacosa-10,19-dien-1-ol is a newly synthesized long-chain alcohol, an unsaturated analogue of 1-octacosanol, the major component of policosanol, the purified natural mixture of different higher aliphatic alcohols obtained from sugarcane wax. Our efficient synthetic protocol (five steps with 50% overall yield)
Gregorio Martínez-Sánchez et al.
European journal of pharmacology, 691(1-3), 156-162 (2012-07-17)
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of sudden death, and death of people over 20 years of age. Because ozone therapy can activate the antioxidant system and improve blood circulation and oxygen delivery to tissue, the aim
K Koch et al.
Planta, 223(2), 258-270 (2005-09-01)
In order to elucidate the self assembly process of plant epicuticular waxes, and the molecular arrangement within the crystals, re-crystallisation of wax platelets was studied on biological and non-biological surfaces. Wax platelets were extracted from the leaf blades of wheat
Octacosanol in human health.
Johanna C Taylor et al.
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.), 19(2), 192-195 (2003-02-20)
Mirka Macel et al.
Journal of chemical ecology, 46(11-12), 1082-1089 (2020-10-23)
The cuticular wax layer can be important for plant resistance to insects. Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) damage was assessed on 11 pepper accessions of Capsicum annuum and C. chinense in leaf disc and whole plant assays. Thrips damage differed among the

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service