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PHR1237

Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3)

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

Cholecalciferol, (+)-Vitamin D3, 7-Dehydrocholesterol activated, Activated 7-dehydrocholesterol, Calciol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C27H44O
CAS Number:
67-97-0
Molecular Weight:
384.64
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329823242
EC Number:
200-673-2
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2339331
MDL number:
MFCD00078131

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Product Name

Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3), Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

InChI

1S/C27H44O/c1-19(2)8-6-9-21(4)25-15-16-26-22(10-7-17-27(25,26)5)12-13-23-18-24(28)14-11-20(23)3/h12-13,19,21,24-26,28H,3,6-11,14-18H2,1-2,4-5H3/b22-12+,23-13-/t21-,24+,25-,26+,27-/m1/s1

InChI key

QYSXJUFSXHHAJI-YRZJJWOYSA-N

SMILES string

CC(C)CCC[C@@H](C)[C@@]1([H])CC[C@@]([C@]1(C)CCC/2)([H])C2=C\C=C(C[C@@H](O)CC3)/C3=C

grade

certified reference material
pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

USP 1131009
traceable to Ph. Eur. C2100000

API family

cholecalciferol

form

solid

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

83-86 °C (lit.)

application(s)

food and beverages

format

neat

storage temp.

-10 to -25°C

Quality Level

300

Gene Information

human ... VDR(7421)

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Analysis Note

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

Application

Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3) may be used as a pharmaceutical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in food, feeds, serum samples and pharmaceutical formulations by various chromatography techniques.
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.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Vitamin D acts through a receptor that is a member of the ligand-dependent transcription factor superfamily. Modulates the proliferation and differentiation of both normal and cancer cells. Has antiproliferative and antimetastatic effects on breast, colon, and prostate cancer cells. Activated vitamin D receptors in intestine and bone maintain calcium absorbance and homeostasis.
Vitamin D acts through a receptor that modulates the proliferation and differentiation of both normal and cancer cells.

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.
Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) is a fat-soluble vitamin that manifests skeletal and extra-skeletal effects. The skeletal effects augment the bone health whereas the extra-skeletal effects concern the immune system, the cognition, the cardiovascular system, etc.

Other Notes

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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 LRAC0270 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

pictograms

Skull and crossbonesHealth hazard
GHS06,GHS08

signalword

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Dermal - Acute Tox. 2 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 2 Oral - STOT RE 1 Oral

Storage Class

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of vitamin D in foods, feeds and pharmaceuticals by successive use of reversed-phase and straight-phase columns
TAKEUCHI A, et al.
Journal of nutritional science and vitaminology, 30(1), 11-25 (1984)
Simultaneous microemulsion liquid chromatographic analysis of fat-soluble vitamins in pharmaceutical formulations: optimization using genetic algorithm
Momenbeik F, et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 1217(24), 3770-3773 (2010)
Is supercritical fluid chromatography hyphenated to mass spectrometry suitable for the quality control of vitamin D3 oily formulations?
Andri B, et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 1515(5-6), 209-217 (2017)
Determination of vitamins A, D, E, and K in human and bovine serum, and ?-carotene and vitamin A palmitate in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products, by isocratic HPLC
Wang LH and Huang SH
Chromatographia, 55(5-6), 289-296 (2002)
Ian R Reid et al.
Lancet (London, England), 383(9912), 146-155 (2013-10-15)
Findings from recent meta-analyses of vitamin D supplementation without co-administration of calcium have not shown fracture prevention, possibly because of insufficient power or inappropriate doses, or because the intervention was not targeted to deficient populations. Despite these data, almost half
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