Product Description: 3-Oxocholic acid is an oxo-bile acid metabolite and also a major degradation product from cholic by C. perfringens in the intestine. 3-Oxocholic acid is steroid acid found predominantly in bile of mammals[1][2][3].
Applications: Metabolism-sugar/lipid metabolism
Formula: C24H38O5
References: [1]Macdonald I, et al. Identification of 7alpha-, 12alpha-dihydroxy-3-oxo cholanoic acid as the major degradation product from cholic by C. perfringens. J Steroid Biochem. 1978 Apr;9(4):353-8./[2]Yan K, et al. The Changes of Serum Metabolites in Diabetic GK Rats after Ileal Transposition Surgery. Obes Surg. 2019 Mar;29(3):882-890./[3]Wahlström A, et al. Intestinal Crosstalk between Bile Acids and Microbiota and Its Impact on Host Metabolism. Cell Metab. 2016 Jul 12;24(1):41-50.
CAS Number: 2304-89-4
Molecular Weight: 406.56
Compound Purity: 98.0
Research Area: Metabolic Disease
Solubility: DMSO : 100 mg/mL (ultrasonic)
Target: Endogenous Metabolite