A sterol
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437985α-Cholestane-d4
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5α-Cholestane

Item No. 26763

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Technical Information
CAS Number
481-21-0
Synonyms
  • NSC 224419
Molecular Formula
C27H48
Formula Weight
372.7
Purity
≥95%
Formulation (Request formulation change)
A crystalline solid
Solubility(Learn about Variance in Solubility)
DMF: 1 mg/mlDMSO: 0.1 mg/mlEthanol: 20 mg/mlEthanol:PBS (pH 7.2)(1:2): 0.1 mg/mlPBS (pH 7.2): 0.1 mg/ml
SMILES
C[C@H](CCCC(C)C)[C@@]1([H])CC[C@@]2([H])[C@]3([H])CC[C@@]4([H])CCCC[C@]4(C)[C@@]3([H])CC[C@@]21C
InChi Code
InChI=1S/C27H48/c1-19(2)9-8-10-20(3)23-14-15-24-22-13-12-21-11-6-7-17-26(21,4)25(22)16-18-27(23,24)5/h19-25H,6-18H2,1-5H3/t20-,21-,22+,23-,24+,25+,26+,27-/m1/s1
InChi Key
XIIAYQZJNBULGD-XWLABEFZSA-N
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Storage
-20°C
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Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere
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    Product Description

    5α-Cholestane is a sterol that has been found in dust samples from urban and rural paved and agricultural and public unpaved roads.1 It has been used as an internal standard for the quantification of phytosterols by HPLC-MS/MS and fecal sterols by GC-FID and GC-MS.2,3

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    References & Product Citations
    Product Description References

    1. Rogge, W.F., Medeiros, P.M., and Simoneit, B.R.T. Organic compounds in dust from rural and urban paved and unpaved roads taken during the San Joaquin Valley fugitive dust characterization study. Environ. Eng. Sci. 29(1), 1-13 (2012).

    2. Mingyai, S., Strikaeo, K., Kettawan, A., et al. Effects of extraction methods on phytochemicals of rice bran oils produced from colored rice. J. Oleo. Sci. 67(2), 135-142 (2018).

    3. Schönning, C., Leeming, R., and Stenström, T.A. Faecal contamination of source-separated human urine based on the content of faecal sterols. Water Res. 36(8), 1965-1972 (2002).