Product Description: Vitamin D3 octanoate is an octanoate ester of vitamin D3[1]. Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol; HY-15398) is a naturally occuring form of vitamin D. Vitamin D3 induces cell differentiation and prevents proliferation of cancer cells[2].
References: [1]John M Ballard, et al. Degradation of vitamin D3 in a stressed formulation: the identification of esters of vitamin D3 formed by a transesterification with triglycerides. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2007 Jan 4;43(1):142-50./[2]Laura Bergadà, et al. Role of local bioactivation of vitamin D by CYP27A1 and CYP2R1 in the control of cell growth in normal endometrium and endometrial carcinoma. Lab Invest. 2014 Jun;94(6):608-22