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PHR1353

Estradiol

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

β-Estradiol, 1,3,5-Estratriene-3,17β-diol, 17β-Estradiol, 3,17β-Dihydroxy-1,3,5(10)-estratriene, Dihydrofolliculin

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C18H24O2
CAS Number:
50-28-2
Molecular Weight:
272.38
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329823337
EC Number:
200-023-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1914275
MDL number:
MFCD00003693
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Quality Level

300

grade

certified reference material, pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

USP 1250008, traceable to Ph. Eur. E1620000

API family

estradiol

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

176-180 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-30°C

SMILES string

O[C@H]1CC[C@@]2([H])[C@]3([H])CCC4=CC(O)=CC=C4[C@@]3([H])CC[C@@]21C

InChI

1S/C18H24O2/c1-18-9-8-14-13-5-3-12(19)10-11(13)2-4-15(14)16(18)6-7-17(18)20/h3,5,10,14-17,19-20H,2,4,6-9H2,1H3/t14-,15-,16+,17+,18+/m1/s1

InChI key

VOXZDWNPVJITMN-ZBRFXRBCSA-N

Gene Information

human ... ESR1(2099)

General description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.
Estradiol is a steroid hormone present naturally in the human body. The availability of this hormone is quintessential in older women as it is a determinant of menopausal syndromes. It is utilized for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

Application

These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.
Estradiol may be used as a pharmaceutical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in pharmaceutical formulations by various chromatography techniques.

Biochem/physiol Actions

The major estrogen secreted by the premenopausal ovary.
The major estrogen secreted by the premenopausal ovary. Estrogens direct the development of the female phenotype in embryogenesis and during puberty by regulating gene transcription and, thus, protein synthesis. It also induces the production of gonadotropins which, in turn, induce ovulation. Exposure to estradiol increases breast cancer incidence and proliferation.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP and EP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

Find a digital Reference Material for this product available on our online platform ChemisTwin® for NMR. You can use this digital equivalent on ChemisTwin® for your sample identity confirmation and compound quantification (with digital external standard). An NMR spectrum of this substance can be viewed and an online comparison against your sample can be performed with a few mouseclicks. Learn more here and start your free trial.
This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.
To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAC3704 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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Health hazardEnvironment
GHS08,GHS09

signalword

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 2 - Lact. - Repr. 1A

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Prediction of internal standards in reversed-phase liquid chromatography: II. Selectivity optimization and internal standard prediction for the quantitation of estradiol and levonorgestrel in a transdermal drug delivery formulation based on the linear solvation energy relationships
Li, J and Shah DS
Journal of Chromatography A, 954(1), 159-171 (2002)
HPLC determination of estradiol, its degradation product, and preservatives in new topical formulation Estrogel HBF.
Novakova L, et al.
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 379(5-6), 781-787 (2004)
High-efficiency liquid chromatography in pharmaceutical analysis
Bailey F. and Brittain PN
Journal of Chromatography A, 83(3), 431-437 (1973)
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