Ergocalciferol

  • ( 3β, 5Z, 7E, 22E ) -9,10 - Secoergosta - 5,7,10 ( 19) ,22- tetraene -3-ol
  • Vitamin D2
  • Calciferol

A11CC01

White to pale yellow, odorless solid

Vitamin D2 derivative

Fixed

115-118 ° C

Sparingly soluble in water (50 mg · l -1)

Risk

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Ergocalciferol is called a form of vitamin D, vitamin D2. Ergocalciferol is structurally a secosteroid. It was first won in 1922 by Adolf Windaus by photolysis of ergosterol, the elucidation of the structure came in the mid 1930s by Windaus among others.

Taken with food it is, as well as vitamin D3 is converted to calcitriol.

Trade names

FrekaVit (D), Vita lipid (D, A, CH)

Sterogyl (F)

CAS registry number Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System Dangerous Substances Directive (67/548/EEC) Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus KEGG
311688
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