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Sigma-Aldrich

Cholesteryl butyrate

~95%

Synonym(s):

3β-Hydroxy-5-cholestene 3-butyrate, 5-Cholesten-3β-ol 3-butyrate, Cholesteryl butanoate

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C31H52O2
CAS Number:
521-13-1
Molecular Weight:
456.74
Beilstein:
3224721
EC Number:
208-304-7
MDL number:
MFCD00021144
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
24892719

Assay

~95%

SMILES string

[H][C@@]12CC=C3C[C@H](CC[C@]3(C)[C@@]1([H])CC[C@]4(C)[C@H](CC[C@@]24[H])[C@H](C)CCCC(C)C)OC(=O)CCC

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Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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R Minelli et al.
British journal of pharmacology, 166(2), 587-601 (2011-11-05)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cholesteryl butyrate solid lipid nanoparticles (cholbut SLN) provide a delivery system for the anti-cancer drug butyrate. These SLN inhibit the adhesion of polymorphonuclear cells to the endothelium and may act as anti-inflammatory agents. As cancer cell adhesion
Andrea Brioschi et al.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 13(2), 230-254 (2008-02-29)
Cholesterylbutyrate (Chol-but) was chosen as a prodrug of butyric acid. Butyrate is not often used in vivo because its half-life is very short and therefore too large amounts of the drug would be necessary for its efficacy. In the last
D A Langs et al.
Acta crystallographica. Section A, Foundations of crystallography, 51 ( Pt 1), 81-87 (1995-01-01)
The shake-and-bake procedure, which is based on the minimal function, has been tested and shown to be extremely effective in molecular-fragment recycling applications. Correctly positioned fragments as small as 5% of the scattering power of the structure typically have a
G W Han et al.
Journal of lipid research, 35(11), 2069-2082 (1994-11-01)
Cholesteryl butanoate has a complex crystal structure that differs from those of the three main structure type for cholesteryl esters. It contains four molecules (C31H52O2) unrelated by crystal symmetry. The molecules are packed in almost planar sheets and have molecular
Zhen Huang et al.
International journal of pharmaceutics, 397(1-2), 130-135 (2010-07-27)
Evidences indicating the presence of phase transformations in the mixed cholesteryl benzoate (CBE) and cholesteryl butyrate (CBU) under the supercritical CO(2) pressurization, by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), are presented in this work. These include
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