Formulation: A crystalline solid
Formal Name: 5α-cholest-7-en-3β-ol
Purity: ≥95%
Formula Markup: C27H46O
Formula Weight: 386,7
Shelf life (days): 1460
CAS Number: 80-99-9
Notes: Lathosterol is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of cholesterol.{42408,42409} Serum levels of lathosterol correlate with cholesterol synthesis and have been used as biomarkers of excess cholesterol production. Lathosterol accumulates in lathosterolosis, a disorder characterized by a deficiency of lathosterol 5-desaturase, the enzyme that converts lathosterol to 7-dehydro cholesterol (Item No. 14612).{42410}