Record Information
Version1.0
StatusDetected and Quantified
Creation Date2022-04-29 23:10:04 UTC
Update Date2024-10-17 07:33:11 UTC
Metabolite IDMMDBc0049997
Metabolite Identification
Common Name7-Dehydrocholesterol
Description7-Dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC), also known as provitamin D3 or 5,7-cholestadien-3-b-ol, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as cholesterols and derivatives. Cholesterols and derivatives are compounds containing a 3-hydroxylated cholestane core. Thus, 7-dehydrocholesterol is also classified as a sterol. 7-Dehydrocholesterol is known as a zoosterol, meaning that it is a sterol isolated from animals (to distinguish those sterols isolated from plants which are called phytosterols). 7-DHC functions in the serum as a cholesterol precursor and is photochemically converted to vitamin D3 in the skin. Therefore 7-DHC functions as provitamin-D3. The presence of 7-DHC in human skin enables humans and other mammals to manufacture vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) from ultraviolet rays in the sun light, via an intermediate isomer pre-vitamin D3. 7-DHC absorbs UV light most effectively at wavelengths between 290 and 320 nm and, thus, the production of vitamin D3 will occur primarily at those wavelengths (PMID: 9625080 ). The two most important factors that govern the generation of pre-vitamin D3 are the quantity (intensity) and quality (appropriate wavelength) of the UVB irradiation reaching the 7-dehydrocholesterol deep in the stratum basale and stratum spinosum (PMID: 9625080 ). 7-DHC is also found in the milk of several mammalian species, including cows (PMID: 10999630 ; PMID: 225459 ). It was discovered by Nobel-laureate organic chemist Adolf Windaus. 7-DHC can be produced by animals and plants via different pathways (PMID: 23717318 ). It is not produced by fungi in significant amounts. 7-DHC is made by some algae and can also be produced by some bacteria.
Structure
Synonyms
ValueSource
(3beta)-Cholesta-5,7-dien-3-olChEBI
5,7-Cholestadien-3-beta-olChEBI
5,7-Cholestadien-3beta-olChEBI
Provitamin D3ChEBI
Cholesta-5,7-dien-3beta-olKegg
(3b)-Cholesta-5,7-dien-3-olGenerator
(3Β)-cholesta-5,7-dien-3-olGenerator
5,7-Cholestadien-3-b-olGenerator
5,7-Cholestadien-3-β-olGenerator
5,7-Cholestadien-3b-olGenerator
5,7-Cholestadien-3β-olGenerator
Cholesta-5,7-dien-3b-olGenerator
Cholesta-5,7-dien-3β-olGenerator
(-)-7-DehydrocholesterolHMDB
10,13-Dimethyl-17-(6-methylheptan-2-yl)-2,3,4,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-olHMDB
17-(1,5-Dimethylhexyl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-olHMDB
5,7-Cholestandien-3-olHMDB
5,7-Cholestandien-3beta-olHMDB
7,8-Dehydro-cholesterolHMDB
7,8-DidehydrocholesterolHMDB
7-Dehydro-cholesterolHMDB
7-DehydrocholesterinHMDB
7DHCHMDB
Cholesta-5,7-dien-3 beta -olHMDB
Cholesta-5,7-dien-3-beta-olHMDB
Cholesta-5,7-dien-3-olHMDB
DehydrocholesterinHMDB
DehydrocholesterolHMDB
Delta5,7-Cholestadien-3beta-olHMDB
Delta5,7-CholesterolHMDB
Delta7-CholesterolHMDB
Provitamin-D3HMDB
Provitamin D(3)HMDB
Cholesta-5,7-dien-3 beta-olHMDB
7-Dehydrocholesterol, (3beta,10alpha)-isomerHMDB
7-Dehydrocholesterol, (3beta,9beta,10alpha)-isomerHMDB
7-DHCHMDB
7-Dehydrocholesterol, (3alpha)-isomerHMDB
7-Dehydrocholesterol, (3beta,9beta)-isomerHMDB
Molecular FormulaC27H44O
Average Mass384.6377
Monoisotopic Mass384.33921603
IUPAC NameNot Available
Traditional NameNot Available
CAS Registry Number434-16-2
SMILESNot Available
InChI Identifier
InChI=1S/C27H44O/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/h9-10,18-19,21,23-25,28H,6-8,11-17H2,1-5H3/t19-,21+,23-,24+,25+,26+,27-/m1/s1
InChI KeyUCTLRSWJYQTBFZ-DDPQNLDTSA-N