Chemistry:Apocholic acid

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Apocholic acid[1]
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Names
IUPAC name
3α,12α-Dihydroxy-5β-chol-8(14)-en-24-oic acid
Systematic IUPAC name
(4R)-4-[(1R,5aR,7R,9aS,9bR,11S,11aR)-7,11-Dihydroxy-9a,11a-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,5a,6,7,8,9,9a,9b,10,11,11a-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-1-yl]pentanoic acid
Other names
3α,12α-Dihydroxy-5β,8(14)-cholen-24-oic acid; 5β,8(14)-Cholen-24-oic acid-3α,12α-diol
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
UNII
Properties
C24H38O4
Molar mass 390.564 g·mol−1
Melting point 175 to 176 °C (347 to 349 °F; 448 to 449 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Apocholic acid is an unsaturated bile acid first characterized in the 1920s.[2] It has questionable carcinogenic activity as experimentally, sarcomas were induced in mice with injection of deoxycholic acid. [3]

The salts and esters of apocholic acid are known as apocholates.[citation needed]

Structure of sodium apocholate

See also

  • Apocholate citrate agar

References

  1. |ALDRICH&N5=SEARCH_CONCAT_PNO|BRAND_KEY&F=SPEC Apocholic acid[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] at Sigma-Aldrich
  2. Boedecker, F.; Volk, H. (1922). "Unsaturated bile acids. III. Relations of apocholic acid, dihydroxycholenic acid (m. 260) and cholic acid to desoxycholic acid". Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft B 55: 2302–2309. doi:10.1002/cber.19220550810. 
  3. Lacassagne, A (June 10, 1961). "Carcinogenic activity of apocholic acid". Nature 190 (4780): 1007–8. doi:10.1038/1901007a0. PMID 13831121. Bibcode1961Natur.190.1007L. 

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