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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
NACRES:
NA.79
PubChem Substance ID:
57648485
eCl@ss:
39023139
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
EC Number:
207-100-5
MDL number:
MFCD00003624
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2224615

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Product Name

7-Dehydrocholesterol, ≥95.0% (HPLC)

InChI key

UCTLRSWJYQTBFZ-DDPQNLDTSA-N

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

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

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

Quality Level

100

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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.

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.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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BCCN3140
BCCK9520
BCCL8081
BCCJ4317
BCCG8559

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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)
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)
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
Michael Lang et al.
Science (New York, N.Y.), 337(6102), 1658-1661 (2012-09-29)
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Nicholas A Robinson et al.
BMC genomics, 18(1), 971-971 (2017-12-17)
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