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24α-ethyl Cholesterol is a naturally occurring plant sterol with antioxidant, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, angiogenic, chemopreventive, and immunomodulatory activities. It inhibits the absorption of dietary and endogenously-produced cholesterol from the small intestine, reducing blood cholesterol concentrations. Because of its nutraceutical benefits, 24α-ethyl cholesterol has been used as a food additive intended to lower LDL cholesterol. 24α-ethyl Cholesterol (0.1 - 100 μM) can dose-dependently induce adipogenesis and lipolysis in rat primary preadipocytes as well as stimulate glucose uptake in differentiated adipocytes.

White powder

A common sterol in plants. Isolated from wheat germ oil, corn oil. Antilipemic. Used in the treatment of prostatic adenoma.

antiinflammatory, immunomodulator

A steroid with long aliphatic side chains (8–10 carbons) and at least one hydroxyl group. They are lipidsoluble and often occur in membranes. Examples are cholesterol and ergosterol.

ChEBI: A phytosterols that is stigmast-5-ene substituted by a beta-hydroxy group at position 3.

sterol: Any of a group of steroidbasedalcohols having a hydrocarbonside-chain of 8–10 carbon atoms.Sterols exist either as free sterols oras esters of fatty acids. Animal sterols(zoosterols) include cholesterol andlanosterol. The major plant sterol(phytosterol) is beta-sitosterol, whilefungal sterols (mycosterols) includeergosterol.

Sitosterol promotes the antioxidant levels and is used as an effective anti-inflammatory, antiapoptotic and anticancer agent in medicinal preparations. It acts as a neutralizing agent for the venom from viper and cobra. Sitosterol acts on protein kinase C (PKC) and in the sphingomyelin cycle to mediate tumor progression inhibition.

Crystallise -sitosterol from EtOH, MeOH, Me2CO, Me2CO/EtOH or Me2CO/MeOH. It has also been purified by zone melting. The acetate crystallises from MeOH or EtOH as plates with m 127128o and [] D 20 -41o (c 2, CHCl3). The benzoate crystallises from EtOH as needles with m 146-147o and [] D 20 –13.8o (c 2, CHCl3). [Fujimoto & Jacobson J Org Chem 29 3377, 3381 1964, Shoppee J Chem Soc 10431948, Heilbron et al. J Chem Soc 344, 347 1941, Beilstein 6 III 2696.]

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