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PHR1014

Hydrocortisone

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

11β,17α,21-Trihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 17-Hydroxycorticosterone, 4-Pregnene-11β,17α,21-triol-3,20-dione, Cortisol, Kendall’s compound F, Reichstein’s substance M

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C21H30O5
CAS Number:
50-23-7
Molecular Weight:
362.46
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329823045
EC Number:
200-020-1
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1354819
MDL number:
MFCD00011654
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Quality Level

300

grade

certified reference material, pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

traceable to Ph. Eur. H1300000, traceable to USP 1316004

API family

hydrocortisone

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

211-214 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-30°C

SMILES string

[H][C@@]12CCC3=CC(=O)CC[C@]3(C)[C@@]1([H])[C@@H](O)C[C@@]4(C)[C@@]2([H])CC[C@]4(O)C(=O)CO

InChI

1S/C21H30O5/c1-19-7-5-13(23)9-12(19)3-4-14-15-6-8-21(26,17(25)11-22)20(15,2)10-16(24)18(14)19/h9,14-16,18,22,24,26H,3-8,10-11H2,1-2H3/t14-,15-,16-,18+,19-,20-,21-/m0/s1

InChI key

JYGXADMDTFJGBT-VWUMJDOOSA-N

Gene Information

human ... NR3C1(2908)

General description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.
Hydrocortisone is a degradation product of the corticosteroid, hydrocortisone acetate.

Application

Hydrocortisone may be used as a pharmaceutical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in pharmaceutical formulations by various chromatography techniques.
These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Primary glucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex.
Primary glucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. It has three times the anti-inflammatory potency of corticosterone but much lower Na2+ retention potency.
Primary glucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. It has three times the anti-inflammatory potency of corticosterone but much lower Na2+ retention potency.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP and EP (PhEur) primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.
To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAB3713 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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pictograms

Health hazard
GHS08

signalword

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Repr. 1A - STOT RE 2

target_organs

Adrenal gland,Bone marrow

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

Regulatory Information

监管及禁止进口产品

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Simultaneous determination of hydrocortisone and benzyl alcohol in pharmaceutical formulations by reversed-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography.
Rego Aand Nelson B
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 71(11), 1219-1223 (1982)
On-line post-column photochemical derivatization in liquid chromatographic− diode-array detection analysis of binary drug mixtures.
Di Pietra AM,et al
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 14(8-10), 1191-1199 (1996)
Simultaneous determination of methylparaben, propylparaben, hydrocortisone acetate and its degradation products in a topical cream by RP-HPLC.
Hajkova R, et al.
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 32(4-5), 921-927 (2003)
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Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
PHR1014-500MG04061835236886