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7-Dehydrocholesterol

≥95.0% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

(−)-7-Dehydrocholesterol, 3β-Hydroxy-5,7-cholestadiene, 5,7-Cholestadien-3β-ol, Provitamin D3

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C27H44O
CAS Number:
434-16-2
Molecular Weight:
384.64
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2224615
EC Number:
207-100-5
MDL number:
MFCD00003624
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
eCl@ss:
39023139
PubChem Substance ID:
57648485
NACRES:
NA.79

biological source

synthetic

assay

≥95.0% (HPLC)

form

powder or crystals

optical activity

[α]20/D -115±8°, c = 1% in chloroform

color

white to faint yellow

mp

148-152 °C (lit.)

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

[H][C@@]1(CC[C@@]2([H])C3=CC=C4C[C@@H](O)CC[C@]4(C)[C@@]3([H])CC[C@]12C)[C@H](C)CCCC(C)C

InChI

1S/C27H44O/c1-18(2)7-6-8-19(3)23-11-12-24-22-10-9-20-17-21(28)13-15-26(20,4)25(22)14-16-27(23,24)5/h9-10,18-19,21,23-25,28H,6-8,11-17H2,1-5H3/t19-,21+,23-,24+,25+,26+,27-/m1/s1

InChI key

UCTLRSWJYQTBFZ-DDPQNLDTSA-N

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General description

7-Dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC), a 5,7-conjugated diene sterol is a biosynthetic precursor of cholesterol. It helps in the production of vitamin D3 when exposed to ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation.

Application

7-Dehydrocholesterol has been used as an internal standard to determine sterols.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Down-regulates cholesterol biosynthesis in cultured Smith-Lemi-Opitz syndrome skin fibroblasts.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Amaranth oil increased fecal excretion of bile acid but had no effect in reducing plasma cholesterol in hamsters
de Castro lIA, et al.
Lipids, 48, 609-618 (2013)
7-Dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC), But Not Cholesterol, Causes Suppression of Canonical TGF-beta Signaling and Is Likely Involved in the Development of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD)
Huang SS, et al.
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 118(6), 1387-1387 (2017)
Vitamin D, Calcium, and the Epidermis
Vitamin D, 1, 527-544 (2018)
Daniele Silvestro et al.
Scientific reports, 8(1), 16348-16348 (2018-11-07)
Vitamin D3 is a secosterol hormone critical for bone growth and calcium homeostasis, produced in vertebrate skin by photolytic conversion of the cholesterol biosynthetic intermediate provitamin D3. Insufficient levels of vitamin D3 especially in the case of low solar UV-B
Nicholas A Robinson et al.
BMC genomics, 18(1), 971-971 (2017-12-17)
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