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Sodium cholesteryl sulfate

Synonym(s):

5-Cholesten-3β-ol sulfate sodium salt, Cholesterol 3-sulfate sodium salt, Cholesteryl sodium sulfate, Cholesteryl sulfate sodium salt

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C27H45NaO4S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
488.70
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3899884
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41141804
eCl@ss:
39023139
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.77

biological source

synthetic

Quality Level

description

anionic

assay

≥98% (TLC)

form

powder

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

[H][C@@]([C@H](C)CCCC(C)C)([C@@]1(C)CC[C@@]23[H])CC[C@]1([C@](CC=C4C[C@H](CC[C@]34C)OS([O-])(=O)=O)2[H])[H].[Na+]

InChI

1S/C27H46O4S.Na/c1-18(2)7-6-8-19(3)23-11-12-24-22-10-9-20-17-21(31-32(28,29)30)13-15-26(20,4)25(22)14-16-27(23,24)5;/h9,18-19,21-25H,6-8,10-17H2,1-5H3,(H,28,29,30);/q;+1/p-1/t19-,21+,22+,23-,24+,25+,26+,27-;/m1./s1

InChI key

LMPVQXVJTZWENW-KPNWGBFJSA-M

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Application

Sodium cholesteryl sulfate was used as the source of cholesterol in the preparation of Edgar′s growth medium used for embryology experiments. It was used as a standard for the separation of human stratum corneum lipids by thin layer chromatography.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Cholesteryl sulfate is a natural constituent of human spermatozoa and has major role in the maturation of sperms. It could also be involved in the capacitation of sperms and enables ovum penetration. Low concentrations of cholesteryl sulfate inhibits acrosin, the proteinase present in sperm acrosome that facilitates ovum penetration.

Preparation Note

Sodium cholesteryl sulfate yields clear, colorless solution in chloroform-methanol (1:1) mixture at 10 mg/ml.

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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J Langlais et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 78(12), 7266-7270 (1981-12-01)
Cholesteryl sulfate is a normal constituent of human spermatozoa. The in vitro uptake of tritiated cholesteryl sulfate resulted in the labeling of all spermatozoa as demonstrated by light-microscope radioautography. The binding of the sterol sulfate was localized mainly in the
N Y Schürer et al.
Experimental dermatology, 4(1), 46-51 (1995-02-01)
There is a need in many studies on the epidermal permeability barrier for practical and reliable separation of all major fractions of human stratum corneum lipids. Various methods have been described including thin layer chromatography, high performance thin layer chromatography
Lois G Edgar et al.
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