Formulation: A crystalline solid
Formal Name: 3β-hydroxy-chol-5-en-24-oic acid
Purity: ≥98%
Formula Markup: C24H38O3
Formula Weight: 374,6
Shelf life (days): 1460
CAS Number: 5255-17-4
Notes: Cholenic acid is a monohydroxy bile acid.{55080} It is a cholesterol oxidation product formed by 7α-hydroxylation of 27-hydroxycholesterol (Item Nos. 14790 / 14791), as well as a precursor in the biosynthesis of chenodeoxycholic acid (Item No. 10011286). Levels of cholenic acid are increased in patients with neonatal liver disease harboring mutations in CYP7A1, the gene encoding 7α-hydroxylase, as well as in patients with intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholestasis.{55081,55082}