Record Information
Version1.0
StatusDetected and Quantified
Creation Date2020-12-10 18:36:00 UTC
Update Date2022-08-31 06:02:32 UTC
Metabolite IDMMDBc0000355
Metabolite Identification
Common Name5beta-Coprostanol
Description5beta-Coprostanol, also known as coprosterol or coprostanol, is a cholesterol derivative found in human feces, gallstones, eggs, and other biological matter. Coprosterol is the odorous principle of feces. It is formed from the biohydrogenation of cholesterol (cholest-5en-3β-ol) in the gut of most higher animals and birds. This compound has frequently been used as a biomarker for the presence of human faecal matter in the environment. American physician Austin Flint named it stercorin (Wikipedia ). The transformation of cholesterol into coprosterol in its passage through the body involves a reduction of the C5:C6 double bond, and a transition from the allocholanic- to the cholanic-ring system. Although it is established that the bacterial flora of the intestine is concerned in the reduction process, the mechanism by which the stereochemical change is brought about is unknown. Current data suggests that cholestenone and coprostanone, and not cholesterol itself, are the immediate precursors of coprosterol which is formed from them in the intestine by bacterial reduction. Coprosterol is also a microbial metabolite, it can be produced by Lactobacillus (PMID: 20338415 ).
Structure
Synonyms
ValueSource
(3beta,5beta)-Cholestan-3-olChEBI
5beta CoprostanolChEBI
5beta-Cholestan-3beta-olChEBI
CoprosterolChEBI
(3b,5b)-Cholestan-3-olGenerator
(3Β,5β)-cholestan-3-olGenerator
5b CoprostanolGenerator
5Β coprostanolGenerator
5b-Cholestan-3b-olGenerator
5Β-cholestan-3β-olGenerator
5b-CoprostanolGenerator
5Β-coprostanolGenerator
3b-Hydroxy-5b-cholestanolHMDB
StercorinHMDB
5 beta-Cholestan-3 beta-olHMDB
5 alpha Cholestan 3 alpha olHMDB
CoprostanolHMDB
5 beta-Cholestan-3 alpha-olHMDB
Cholestan 3 olHMDB
Cholestanol, (3alpha, 5beta)-isomerHMDB
beta-CholestanolHMDB
beta-Cholestan-3 beta-ol, 5HMDB
Cholestan-3-olHMDB
CholestanolHMDB
DihydrocholesterolHMDB
beta-Ol, 5 beta-cholestan-3HMDB
5 alpha Cholestan 3 beta olHMDB
beta CholestanolHMDB
5 alpha-Cholestan-3 alpha-olHMDB
5 alpha-Cholestan-3 beta-olHMDB
5 beta Cholestan 3 beta olHMDB
Molecular FormulaC27H48O
Average Mass388.6694
Monoisotopic Mass388.370516158
IUPAC Name(1S,2S,5S,7R,10R,11S,14R,15R)-2,15-dimethyl-14-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]tetracyclo[8.7.0.0^{2,7}.0^{11,15}]heptadecan-5-ol
Traditional Name(1S,2S,5S,7R,10R,11S,14R,15R)-2,15-dimethyl-14-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]tetracyclo[8.7.0.0^{2,7}.0^{11,15}]heptadecan-5-ol
CAS Registry NumberNot Available
SMILES
[H][C@@]1(CC[C@@]2([H])[C@]3([H])CC[C@]4([H])C[C@@H](O)CC[C@]4(C)[C@@]3([H])CC[C@]12C)[C@H](C)CCCC(C)C
InChI Identifier
InChI=1S/C27H48O/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/h18-25,28H,6-17H2,1-5H3/t19-,20-,21+,22+,23-,24+,25+,26+,27-/m1/s1
InChI KeyQYIXCDOBOSTCEI-NWKZBHTNSA-N