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Calcipotriol Monohydrate BP

Chemical Name : (5Z,7E,22E,24S)-24-Cyclopropyl-9,10-secochola-


5,7,10(19),22-tetraene-1a,3b,24-triol monohydrate.

Empirical Formula : C27H40O3,H2O

Molecular Weight : 430.6

Chemical Structure :

Description : White or almost white, crystalline powder.

Solubility : Practically insoluble in water, freely soluble in


ethanol (96 per cent), slightly soluble in methylene
chloride.
It is sensitive to light.
A reversible isomerisation to pre-calcipotriol takes
place in solution, depending on temperature and
time. The activity is due to both compounds.

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