Long chain alcohol

DATA No : DLL0003 INFORMANT : Yasushi Kawakami

NAME : 1-octacosanol

COMMON NAME	:	Montanyl alcohol
SYMBOL	:
FORMULA	:	C₂₈H₅₈O MOL.WT (average) : 410.760

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BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

Depress the serum triglycerol level and enhance the concentration of serum fatty acids The addition of octacosanol (10 g/kg diet) to the high-fat diet led to a significant reduction (p < 0.05) in the perirenal adipose tissue weight (Ref. 0008)

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

MELTING POINT	:	82.6-82.9C (Ref. 0005)(Ref. 0007)

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SPECTRAL DATA

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IR SPECTRA	:	(Ref. 0006)

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OTHER SPECTRA	:	X-lay (Ref. 0005)

CHROMATOGRAM DATA

SOURCE

Wheat wax (Ref. 0005) Cassia javanica Linn. (Leguminosae) (Ref. 0007) Hypericum perforatum L. (Ref. 0006)

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REFERENCES

[0005]

AUTHOR	:	Pollard,A.,Chibnall,A.,C., and Piper,S.,H.
TITLE	:	The Isolation of n-Octacosanol from Wheat Wax
JOURNAL	:	Biochemical Journal
VOL	:	27 PAGE : 1889 -1893 (1933)

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[0006]

AUTHOR	:	Mathis,C., and Ourisson,G.
TITLE	:	Etude Chimo-taxonomique du Genre Hypericum-V Identification de Quelques Constituants non Volatils D'hypericum Perforatum
JOURNAL	:	Phytochemistry
VOL	:	3 PAGE : 379 -379 (1964)

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[0007]

AUTHOR	:	Joshi, K. C., Tholia, M. K., and Sharma, T.
TITLE	:	Chemical examination of Cassia javanica PubMed ID:1197426
JOURNAL	:	Planta Med.
VOL	:	28 PAGE : 190-192 (1975)

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[0008]

AUTHOR	:	Kato, S., Karino, K., Hasegawa, S., Nagasawa, J., Nagasaki, A., Eguchi, M., Ichinose, T., Tago, K., Okumori, H., Hamatani, K., et al.
TITLE	:	Octacosanol affects lipid metabolism in rats fed on a high-fat diet PubMed ID:7766566
JOURNAL	:	Br J Nutr.
VOL	:	73 PAGE : 433-441 (1995)

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