7-dehydrocholesterol

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q139350
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7-dehydrocholesterol

Summary

7-dehydrocholesterol is a type of chemical entity[1]. 7-dehydrocholesterol ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 7-dehydrocholesterol is credited with the discovery of Adolf Windaus[3].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's chemical structure is recorded as 7-Dehydrocholesterol.svg[5].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's physically interacts with is recorded as ultraviolet B[6].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 434-16-2[7].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's EC number is recorded as 207-100-5[8].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's canonical SMILES is recorded as CC(C)CCCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2=CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C[9].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's InChI is recorded as 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[10].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's InChIKey is recorded as UCTLRSWJYQTBFZ-DDPQNLDTSA-N[11].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's chemical formula is recorded as C₂₇H₄₄O[12].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's subclass of is recorded as cholesterol[13].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's subclass of is recorded as D3 vitamins[14].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's subclass of is recorded as cholestane steroid[15].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's part of is recorded as 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase activity[16].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's part of is recorded as delta7-sterol 5(6)-desaturase activity[17].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's Commons category is recorded as 7-Dehydrocholesterol[18].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as C016705[19].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's has part is recorded as carbon[20].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's has part is recorded as hydrogen[21].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's has part is recorded as oxygen[22].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL1797131[23].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dt97[24].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's UNII is recorded as BK1IU07GKF[25].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 388534[26].
  • 7-dehydrocholesterol's PubChem CID is recorded as 439423[27].

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Works and Contributions

7-dehydrocholesterol is credited with the discovery of Adolf Windaus[3].

Why It Matters

7-dehydrocholesterol ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).[2] 7-dehydrocholesterol has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] 7-dehydrocholesterol is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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