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Cholesterin
Sign in to saveAlso known as cholest-5-en-3β-ol, Hydrocerin, Cholest-5-en-3b-ol, Cordulan, Cholesterine, 5:6-Cholesten-3-ol, Dusoran
polycyclischer Alkohol, organische Verbindung, Naturstoff
OverviewAI-generated
Cholesterol is a chemical compound with the formula C₂₇H₄₆O. Its molecular mass is 386.35486609199995, while PubChem lists the weight as 386.7. The substance has a melting point of 149 and a boiling point of 200. It possesses a charge of 0 and contains one hydrogen bond donor and one hydrogen bond acceptor.
The compound is associated with the InChIKey HVYWMOMLDIMFJA-DPAQBDIFSA-N and an xlogP value of 8.7. Its topological polar surface area is 20.2. Cholesterol is the subject of 365,660 PubMed articles. Additionally, it is referenced by 2,832 other encyclopedia articles.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C27H46O
- Molecular weight
- 386.7 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (3S,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol
- SMILES
- C[C@H](CCCC(C)C)[C@H]1CC[C@@H]2[C@@]1(CC[C@H]3[C@H]2CC=C4[C@@]3(CC[C@@H](C4)O)C)C
- InChIKey
- HVYWMOMLDIMFJA-DPAQBDIFSA-N
- XLogP
- 8.7
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Phase 2
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
- Indications
- Asperger syndrome, autism, head and neck malignant neoplasia, porokeratosis
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Research
365,660 papers- Cholesterol Review: A Metabolically Important Molecule.ReviewEndocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2020Schade DS, Shey L, Eaton RPDOI: 10.4158/EP-2020-0347
- The shared role of cholesterol in neuronal and peripheral inflammation.ReviewPharmacology & therapeutics · 2023Hansen SB, Wang HDOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2023.108486
- Cholesterol metabolism: molecular mechanisms, biological functions, diseases, and therapeutic targets.ReviewMolecular biomedicine · 2025Cui D, Yu X, Guan Q et al.DOI: 10.1186/s43556-025-00321-3
- Cholesterol and Immune Microenvironment: Path Towards Tumorigenesis.ReviewCurrent nutrition reports · 2024Saad EE, Michel R, Borahay MADOI: 10.1007/s13668-024-00542-y
- Cholesterol metabolism on stem cell fate determination: a frontier horizon.ReviewStem cell research & therapy · 2025Xu B, Li L, Wei Q et al.DOI: 10.1186/s13287-025-04687-7
- Cationic cholesterol-dependent LNP delivery to lung stem cells, the liver, and heart.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Radmand A, Kim H, Beyersdorf J et al.DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2307801120
- [Cholesterol metabolism].ReviewKlinische Wochenschrift · 1970Weis HJDOI: 10.1007/BF01487127
- Cholesterol metabolism in pancreatic cancer and associated therapeutic strategies.ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids · 2025Daya T, Breytenbach A, Gu L et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2024.159578
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Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Cholesterol
- chemical formula
- C₂₇H₄₆O
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C)CCCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C
- isomeric SMILES
- C[C@H](CCCC(C)C)[C@H]1CC[C@@H]2[C@@]1(CC[C@H]3[C@H]2CC=C4[C@@]3(CC[C@@H](C4)O)C)C
- medical condition treated
- nutrition disorder
- cell component
- cytoplasm
- subject has role
- primary metabolite
- melting point
- 148
- boiling point
- 200
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Article · Deutsch
Das Cholesterin, auch Cholesterol (von griechisch χολή cholé, deutsch ‚Galle‘, und von στερεός stereós, deutsch ‚fest, hart, verhärtet‘), ist ein in allen tierischen Zellen vorkommender fettartiger Naturstoff. Der Stoff wurde im 18. Jahrhundert in kristalliner Form in Gallensteinen gefunden, weshalb der französische Chemiker Eugène Chevreul, Begründer der Fettchemie, 1824 den Namen „cholestérine“ prägte. Die Substanz wird bei Tieren in der Leber produziert und ist außer in der Gallenflüssigkeit auch im Blut und in Geweben zu finden, besonders reichlich im Nervengewebe. Cholesterin hat Einfluss auf die Stabilisierung von Zellmembranen, die Nervenfunktion, die Produktion von Sexualhormonen und andere Prozesse. In geringer Menge ist Cholesterin auch in pflanzlichen Zellen (Kartoffelkraut, Pollen, isolierte Chloroplasten) und in Bakterien enthalten. Besonders cholesterinreiche Pflanzenöle sind Maiskeimöl (55 mg pro kg), Rapsöl (53 mg pro kg) und Baumwollsamenöl (45 mg pro kg). Typische Cholesterinquellen tierischer Herkunft enthalten ein Vielfaches dieser Menge. Ein typischer Wert für Butter beträgt zum Beispiel 2340 mg pro kg. Hohe LDL-Cholesterin-Werte im Blut erhöhen das Risiko für Herzinfarkt und Schlaganfall. In Österreich sind etwa 8,2 % der vorzeitigen Todesfälle auf erhöhte LDL-Cholesterinwerte zurückzuführen.
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