1.0 2010-04-08 22:05:55 UTC 2025-11-18 22:53:40 UTC FDB003714 Sterols Sterols are a subgroup of the steroids and an important class of organic molecules. They occur naturally in plants, animals, and fungi, with the most familiar type of animal sterol being cholesterol. Cholesterol is vital to cellular function, and a precursor to fat-soluble vitamins and steroid hormones. Sterols is found in burdock, soft-necked garlic, and sesame. Alcohols, steroidal Alkyl, hydroxy steroids Demethyl hydroxy steroids Demethyl sterols Hydroxy alkyl steroids Hydroxy steroids Sterids, hydroxy Steroids, hydroxy Sterol C17H28O 248.4036 248.214015518 tetracyclo[8.7.0.0²,⁷.0¹¹,¹⁵]heptadecan-5-ol sterol 68555-08-8 OC1CCC2C(CCC3C4CCCC4CCC23)C1 InChI=1S/C17H28O/c18-13-6-9-15-12(10-13)5-8-16-14-3-1-2-11(14)4-7-17(15)16/h11-18H,1-10H2 FPXSXMFOYWRHDX-UHFFFAOYSA-N belongs to the class of organic compounds known as 3-hydroxysteroids. These are steroids carrying a hydroxyl group at the 3-position of the steroid backbone. 3-hydroxysteroids Organic compounds Lipids and lipid-like molecules Steroids and steroid derivatives Hydroxysteroids Aliphatic homopolycyclic compounds Cyclic alcohols and derivatives Hydrocarbon derivatives Secondary alcohols 3-hydroxysteroid Alcohol Aliphatic homopolycyclic compound Cyclic alcohol Hydrocarbon derivative Organic oxygen compound Organooxygen compound Secondary alcohol 3-hydroxy steroid logp 4.57 ALOGPS logs -5.62 ALOGPS solubility 5.93e-04 g/l ALOGPS logp 3.83 ChemAxon pka_strongest_acidic 18.31 ChemAxon pka_strongest_basic -1.4 ChemAxon iupac tetracyclo[8.7.0.0²,⁷.0¹¹,¹⁵]heptadecan-5-ol ChemAxon average_mass 248.4036 ChemAxon mono_mass 248.214015518 ChemAxon smiles OC1CCC2C(CCC3C4CCCC4CCC23)C1 ChemAxon formula C17H28O ChemAxon inchi InChI=1S/C17H28O/c18-13-6-9-15-12(10-13)5-8-16-14-3-1-2-11(14)4-7-17(15)16/h11-18H,1-10H2 ChemAxon inchikey FPXSXMFOYWRHDX-UHFFFAOYSA-N ChemAxon polar_surface_area 20.23 ChemAxon refractivity 74.17 ChemAxon polarizability 31.24 ChemAxon rotatable_bond_count 0 ChemAxon acceptor_count 1 ChemAxon donor_count 1 ChemAxon physiological_charge 0 ChemAxon formal_charge 0 ChemAxon Specdb::CMs 33548 Specdb::CMs 48266 Specdb::CMs 118210 Specdb::CMs 170193 Specdb::CMs 821010 Specdb::MsMs 65097 Specdb::MsMs 65098 Specdb::MsMs 65099 Specdb::MsMs 122430 Specdb::MsMs 122431 Specdb::MsMs 122432 Specdb::MsMs 3225751 Specdb::MsMs 3225752 Specdb::MsMs 3225753 Specdb::MsMs 3225754 Specdb::MsMs 3225755 Specdb::MsMs 3225756 HMDB0060512 15889 Burdock Type 1 specific Arctium lappa 4217 20.0 20.0 20.0 mg/100 g Sesame Type 1 specific Sesamum orientale 4182 188.3 188.3 188.3 mg/100 g Soft-necked garlic Type 1 specific Allium sativum L. var. sativum 4682