Ergosterol

From DrugPedia: A Wikipedia for Drug discovery

Contents 1 Description 2 General Properties 3 PhysioChemical Properties 4 External Links

Description

A steroid of interest both because its biosynthesis in FUNGI is a target of ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS, notably AZOLES, and because when it is present in SKIN of animals, ULTRAVIOLET RAYS break a bond to result in ERGOCALCIFEROL.

General Properties

*Molecular Weight

396.65

*Molecular Formula

C₂₈H₄₄O

*IUPAC NAME

(3S,9S,10R,13R,14R,17R)-17-[(E,2R,5R)-5,6-dimethylhept-3-en-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol

*Canonical Smiles

CC(C)C(C)C=CC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2=CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C

*Isomeric Smiles

CC(C)[C@@H](C)C=C[C@@H](C)[C@H]1CC[C@@H]2[C@@]1(CC[C@H]3C2=CC=C4[C@@]3(CC[C@@H](C4)O)C)C

PhysioChemical Properties

*Melting Point

*LogP

*Water Solubility

External Links

• [1]Pubchem
• [2]]1BXM,
• [3]KEGG Compound
• [4]Human Metabolome DataBase

Categories:Hormones