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Cholesterol 5β,6β-epoxide

≥98%

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Synonym(s):

5β,6β-Epoxycholestan-3β-ol

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10 mg

Available to ship onSeptember 08, 2026fromMILWAUKEE

$108.00

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 Segment

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.

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