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NIST911C

Cholesterol

NIST® SRM® 911c

Synonym(s):

3β-Hydroxy-5-cholestene, 5-Cholesten-3β-ol

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C27H46O
CAS Number:
57-88-5
Molecular Weight:
386.65
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329818776
MDL number:
MFCD00003646
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1915888
eCl@ss:
39023139
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grade

certified reference material

Quality Level

100

packaging

pkg of 2 g

manufacturer/tradename

NIST®

bp

360 °C (lit.)

mp

147-149 °C (lit.)

density

1.067 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

clinical research
clinical testing

format

neat

SMILES string

CC(C)CCC[C@@H](C)[C@H]1CC[C@H]2[C@@H]3CC=C4C[C@@H](O)CC[C@]4(C)[C@H]3CC[C@]12C

InChI

1S/C27H46O/c1-18(2)7-6-8-19(3)23-11-12-24-22-10-9-20-17-21(28)13-15-26(20,4)25(22)14-16-27(23,24)5/h9,18-19,21-25,28H,6-8,10-17H2,1-5H3/t19-,21+,22+,23-,24+,25+,26+,27-/m1/s1

InChI key

HVYWMOMLDIMFJA-DPAQBDIFSA-N

General description

This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is certified as a chemical of known purity. It is intended primarily for use in the calibration and standardization of procedures for the determination of cholesterol in research samples and for routine evaluations of daily working standards used in these procedures. A unit of SRM 911c consists of 2 g of material. For more information, please refer to the SDS and COA.

SRM 911C_cert

SRM 911C_SDS

Biochem/physiol Actions

Major component of all biological membranes; ~25% of total brain lipid is cholesterol.

Other Notes

Certified for the analytes listed below.
Cholestrol

See certificate for values and more details at nist.gov/SRM.

Legal Information

NIST is a registered trademark of National Institute of Standards and Technology
SRM is a registered trademark of National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

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Determination of total and esterified cholesterol in serum.
Sobel C and Fernandez A.
Clinical Chemistry, 12(11), 739-747 (1966)
Enzymatic determination of total serum cholesterol.
C C Allain et al.
Clinical chemistry, 20(4), 470-475 (1974-04-01)

Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
NIST911C04061834188216