Home > Compound List > Product Information
Ergosterol_Molecular_structure_CAS_57-87-4)
Click picture or here to close

Ergosterol

Catalog No. DB04038 Name DrugBank
CAS Number 57-87-4 Website http://www.ualberta.ca/
M. F. C28H44O Telephone (780) 492-3111
M. W. 396.64836 Fax (780) 492-1071
Purity Email david.wishart@ualberta.ca
Storage Chembase ID: 3665

SYNONYMS

IUPAC name
(1R,2R,5S,11R,14S,15S)-14-[(2R,3E,5S)-5,6-dimethylhept-3-en-2-yl]-2,15-dimethyltetracyclo[8.7.0.0^{2,7}.0^{11,15}]heptadeca-7,9-dien-5-ol
IUPAC Traditional name
@ergosterol

DATABASE IDS

PubChem SID 46505947
PubChem CID 46936866
CAS Number 57-87-4

PROPERTIES

DETAILS

Description (English)
Item Information
Drug Groups experimental
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. [PubChem]

REFERENCES