GRADE & PURITY 10mM in DMSO

Synonyms

dehydrocholic acid|81-23-2|Decholin|Dehystolin|Felacrinos|Sanocholen|Dilabil|Ketocholanic acid|Chologon|Oxycholin|Procholon|Bilidren|Bilostat|Cholagon|Cholimed|Dehychol|Didrocolo|Drenobyl|Novocolin|Acolen|Dehycon|Didocol|Erebile|Hykolex|Triketocholanic ac

Storage

Store at -80°C

Shipped In

Dry ice packs + Cold packs

Overview

Dehydrocholic acid was used to study the interaction of bile salts with copper ions in unbuffered systems.

Specifications

Synonyms

dehydrocholic acid | 81-23-2 | Decholin | Dehystolin | Felacrinos | Sanocholen | Dilabil | Ketocholanic acid | Chologon | Oxycholin | Procholon | Bilidren | Bilostat | Cholagon | Cholimed | Dehychol | Didrocolo | Drenobyl | Novocolin | Acolen | Dehycon | Didocol | Erebile | Hykolex | Triketocholanic ac

Specifications & Purity

10mM in DMSO

Biochemical and Physiological Mechanisms

Dehydrocholic acid is an oxidation product of cholic acid by chromic acid that is not present in physiological conditions. When used in animal experiments, it stimulates bile secretion

Storage

Store at -80°C

Shipped In

Dry ice packs + Cold packs

This product requires cold chain shipping. Ground and other economy services are not available.

Product Properties

• ALogP: 2.6

Names and Identifiers

• Canonical Smiles: CC(CCC(=O)O)C1CCC2C1(C(=O)CC3C2C(=O)CC4C3(CCC(=O)C4)C)C
• IUPAC Name: (4R)-4-[(5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-3,7,12-trioxo-1,2,4,5,6,8,9,11,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]pentanoic acid
• InChIKey: OHXPGWPVLFPUSM-KLRNGDHRSA-N
• INCHI: 1S/C24H34O5/c1-13(4-7-21(28)29)16-5-6-17-22-18(12-20(27)24(16,17)3)23(2)9-8-15(25)10-14(23)11-19(22)26/h13-14,16-18,22H,4-12H2,1-3H3,(H,28,29)/t13-,14+,16-,17+,18+,22+,23+,24-/m1/s1
• Isomeric SMILES: C[C@H](CCC(=O)O)[C@H]1CC[C@@H]2[C@@]1(C(=O)C[C@H]3[C@H]2C(=O)C[C@H]4[C@@]3(CCC(=O)C4)C)C
• WGK Germany: 2
• RTECS: FZ2300000
• Molecular Weight: 402.52
• Beilstein: 3226734
• Reaxy-Rn: 2711492
• Reaxys-RN_link_address: https://www.reaxys.com/reaxys/secured/hopinto.do?context=S&query=IDE.XRN=2711492&ln=

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomy Tree

• Kingdom Organic compounds
  • Superclass Lipids and lipid-like molecules
    • Class Steroids and steroid derivatives
      • Subclass Bile acids, alcohols and derivatives

• Kingdom: Organic compounds
• Superclass: Lipids and lipid-like molecules
• Class: Steroids and steroid derivatives
• Subclass: Bile acids, alcohols and derivatives
• Intermediate Tree Nodes: Not available
• Direct Parent: Bile acids, alcohols and derivatives
• Alternative Parents: 7-oxosteroids 3-oxo-5-beta-steroids Cyclic ketones Monocarboxylic acids and derivatives Carboxylic acids Organic oxides Hydrocarbon derivatives
• Molecular Framework: Aliphatic homopolycyclic compounds
• Substituents: Bile acid, alcohol, or derivatives - 3-oxosteroid - 3-oxo-5-beta-steroid - 7-oxosteroid - Oxosteroid - 12-oxosteroid - Ketone - Cyclic ketone - Carboxylic acid derivative - Carboxylic acid - Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives - Organic oxygen compound - Carbonyl group - Hydrocarbon derivative - Organic oxide - Organooxygen compound - Aliphatic homopolycyclic compound
• Description: This compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as bile acids, alcohols and derivatives. These are organic compounds containing an alcohol or acid derivative of cholic acid.
• External Descriptors: C24 bile acids, alcohols, and derivatives

Data sources

1. Djoumbou Feunang Y, Eisner R, Knox C, Chepelev L, Hastings J, Owen G, Fahy E, Steinbeck C, Subramanian S, Bolton E, Greiner R, and Wishart DS. ClassyFire: Automated Chemical Classification With A Comprehensive, Computable Taxonomy. Journal of Cheminformatics, 2016, 8:61.

DOI: 10.1186/s13321-016-0174-y

Associated Targets(Human)

POLI Tchem DNA polymerase iota (116820 Activities)

Discover Target: POLI

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

POLH Tchem DNA polymerase eta (21678 Activities)

Discover Target: POLH

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

TDP1 Tchem Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (345557 Activities)

Discover Target: TDP1

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

LMNA Tbio Prelamin-A/C (36751 Activities)

Discover Target: LMNA

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

GMNN Tbio Geminin (128009 Activities)

Discover Target: GMNN

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

SLCO1B1 Tchem Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1B1 (2672 Activities)

Discover Target: SLCO1B1

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

CBX1 Tbio Chromobox protein homolog 1 (92434 Activities)

Discover Target: CBX1

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

BAZ2B Tchem Bromodomain adjacent to zinc finger domain protein 2B (56204 Activities)

Discover Target: BAZ2B

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

SLCO1B3 Tchem Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1B3 (2517 Activities)

Discover Target: SLCO1B3

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

Associated Targets(non-human)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (123386 Activities)

Explore this target

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

Klebsiella pneumoniae (43867 Activities)

Explore this target

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

Staphylococcus aureus (210822 Activities)

Explore this target

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

Acinetobacter baumannii (41033 Activities)

Explore this target

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

Escherichia coli (133304 Activities)

Explore this target

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

Plasmodium falciparum (966862 Activities)

Explore this target

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

Cryptococcus neoformans (21258 Activities)

Explore this target

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

Candida albicans (78123 Activities)

Explore this target

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

Txnrd1 Thioredoxin reductase 1, cytoplasmic (45279 Activities)

Discover Target: Txnrd1

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

ffp 4'-phosphopantetheinyl transferase ffp (24982 Activities)

Discover Target: ffp

Activity Type	Relation	Activity value	Units	Action Type	Journal	PubMed Id	doi	Assay Aladdin ID

Mechanisms of Action

Chemical and Physical Properties

• Specific Rotation[α]: 30.5 ° (C=2, Dioxane)
• Melt Point(°C): 237°C
• Molecular Weight: 402.500 g/mol
• XLogP3: 2.600
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 1
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 5
• Rotatable Bond Count: 4
• Exact Mass: 402.241 Da
• Monoisotopic Mass: 402.241 Da
• Topological Polar Surface Area: 88.500 Ų
• Heavy Atom Count: 29
• Formal Charge: 0
• Complexity: 756.000
• Isotope Atom Count: 0
• Defined Atom Stereocenter Count: 8
• Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count: 0
• Defined Bond Stereocenter Count: 0
• Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count: 0
• The total count of all stereochemical bonds: 0
• Covalently-Bonded Unit Count: 1

References

1. Qian Fang, Xiaoying Hou, Limei Fan, Yufei Deng, Xiaoxuan Li, Hongyun Zhang, Haiping Wang, Zhengqi Fu, Binlian Sun, Xiji Shu, Hongzhi Du, Yuchen Liu.  (2025)  Gut microbiota derived DCA enhances FOLFOX efficacy via Ugt1a6b mediated enterohepatic circulation in colon cancer.  PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH,      [PMID:39894186] [10.1016/j.phrs.2025.107636]

2. Lei Zhang, Xu Liu, Tenghui Jin, Jing Dong, Xiaodong Li, Youyi Zhang, Dongyang Liu.  (2024)  Isomers-oriented separation of forty-five plasma bile acids with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.  JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A,      [PMID:38520985] [10.1016/j.chroma.2024.464827]