27-Hydroxycholesterol

• Supplier: Tocris Bioscience
• Catalog: 5741
• Function Type: Agonist
• Cas Number: 20380-11-4
• Chemical Name: (3β,25R)-Cholest-5-ene-3,26-diol
• Formula: C27H46O2
• Molecular Weight: 402.65
• Purity: >98 %
• Description: Liver X receptor (LXR) agonist. Also estrogen receptor partial agonist. Suppresses β -estradiol -mediated breast cancer cell proliferation in vitro . Also increases α -synuclein levels and induces apoptosis in human neuroblastoma cells in vitro . Endogenous cholesterol metabolite.