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| COMMON NAME | : | Ergosterol / Ergosterin / Provitamin D2 |
| SYMBOL | : | |
| FORMULA | : | C28H44O1 MOL.WT (average) : 396.648 |
| BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY |
| PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES |
| MELTING POINT | : | 168 C (alcohol) (Ref. 0098) |
| BOILING POINT | : | bp0.01 = 250C (Ref. 0098) |
| REFRACTIVE INDEX | : | |
| OPTICAL ROTATION | : | [a] 20/D=-135 (c=1.2 in chloroform), [a] 20/546=-171(chloroform) (Ref. 0099) |
| DENSITY | : | |
| SOLUBILITY | : | Sol in heated chloroform, benzene. Slightly sol in methanol, ethanol, ether, petroleum ether. Insol in water. (Ref. 0050) |
| SPECTRAL DATA |
| UV SPECTRA | : | max. nm (e); 262 (6,940); 271 (10,000); 282 (10,600); 293 (6,060). min. nm (e); 230 (1,430); 263 (6,850); 275.5 (8,580); 289 (5,450); 317.5 (35) (Ref. 0008) |
| IR SPECTRA | : | |
| NMR SPECTRA | : | |
| MASS SPECTRA | : | |
| OTHER SPECTRA | : | E 1%/1cm: nm(e); 36.1 (2,300); 175 (2,620); 173 (2,630); 253 (2,710); 217 (2,755); 268 (2,820); 138 (2,890); 158 (2,930); 0.8 (3,175) (Ref. 0046) |
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| GENETIC INFORMATION |
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| REFERENCES |
| AUTHOR | : | Hogness,T.R., Sidwell,Jr.,A.R., and Zscheile,Jr.,F.P. |
| TITLE | : | The Absorption Spectra of Compounds Related to the Sterols |
| JOURNAL | : | J.Biol.Chem. |
| VOL | : | 120 PAGE : 239 -256 (1937) |
| AUTHOR | : | Loofbourow,J.R. |
| TITLE | : | Physical Methods for Identification and Assay of Vitamins and Hormones. |
| JOURNAL | : | Vitamins and Hormones |
| VOL | : | 1 PAGE : 109 -155 (1943) |
| AUTHOR | : | Windaus,A. |
| TITLE | : | The Antirachitic Provitamins in the Animal Kingdom |
| JOURNAL | : | Nachr.Ges.Wiss.Göttingen, Math.-Physk.Klasse, Fachgruppe III |
| VOL | : | 1 PAGE : 185 -192 (1936) |
| AUTHOR | : | Chung,C.K. |
| TITLE | : | Über die Konstitution des Ergosterins. |
| JOURNAL | : | Justus Liebigs Ann Chem. |
| VOL | : | 500 PAGE : 270 -280 (1933) |
| AUTHOR | : | Bills,C.E., and Honeywell,E.M. |
| TITLE | : | Antiricketic Substances. VIII. Studies on Highly Purified Ergosteroles and Its Esters. |
| JOURNAL | : | J.Biol.Chem. |
| VOL | : | 80 PAGE : 15 -23 (1928) |
| AUTHOR | : | Monographs in the Merck Index an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals (Budavari,S., O'Neil,M.J., Smith,A., and Heckelman,P.E.,eds. 1989), pp574-574, MERCK & CO., Inc. Rahway, N.J. |
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| VOL | : | PAGE : - () |
| AUTHOR | : | Bills,C.E. |
| TITLE | : | Physiology of the Sterols, Including Vitamin D. |
| JOURNAL | : | Physiol.Rev. |
| VOL | : | 15 PAGE : 1 -97 (1935) |
| AUTHOR | : | Tanret,C. |
| TITLE | : | Ergosterol and Fongisterol. |
| JOURNAL | : | Ann.Chim.Phys. |
| VOL | : | 15 PAGE : 313 -330 (1908) |
| AUTHOR | : | Bekemeier, H., and Benad, A. |
| TITLE | : | [On the annual rhythm of the efficacy of antirachitic and toxic doses of vitamin D] PubMed ID:5321600 |
| JOURNAL | : | Int Z Vitaminforsch. |
| VOL | : | 35 PAGE : 247-257 (1965) |