F5379

Fucosterol

≥93%, powder, antioxidant

• Synonym(s): 3β-Hydroxy-5,24(28)-stigmastadiene, 5,24(28)-Stigmastadien-3β-ol
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₂₉H₄₈O
• CAS Number: 17605-67-3
• Molecular Weight: 412.69
• MDL number: MFCD00037543
• UNSPSC Code: 41116107
• PubChem Substance ID: 24894886
• NACRES: NA.77

Properties

• Product Name: Fucosterol, ≥93%
• Quality Level: 100
• assay: ≥93%
• storage temp.: 2-8°C
• SMILES string: C\C=C(/CC[C@H](C)C1CCC2C3CC=C4CC(O)CCC4(C)C3CCC12C)C(C)C
• InChI: 1S/C29H48O/c1-7-21(19(2)3)9-8-20(4)25-12-13-26-24-11-10-22-18-23(30)14-16-28(22,5)27(24)15-17-29(25,26)6/h7,10,19-20,23-27,30H,8-9,11-18H2,1-6H3/b21-7+
• InChI key: OSELKOCHBMDKEJ-QPSGOUHRSA-N

Description

General description

Fucosterol is a phytosterol abundantly present in algae, Ecklonia arborea and Silvetia compressa.

Application

Fucosterol has been used:

• as an environmental contaminant to study its effect on morphological development in growing zebrafish embryos and larvae
• to study its anxiolytic effects in mice
• as an external standard to analyze sterols in seaweed samples

Safety Information

• 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)