Compound
a sterol ester
A steroid ester obtained by formal condensation of the carboxy group of any carboxylic acid with the 3-hydroxy group of a sterol.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:35915), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
- Class
- Structural class, not a single molecule
- Formula
- C20H30O2R2
- Mass
- 302.452 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- SMILES
- *C(=O)OC1CCC2(C)C(CCC3C4CCC(*)C4(C)CCC32)C1
- Look it up
- ChEBI
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
4 entities
4 entities reached.
0 reported hops4 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Statements
4 statements
4 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: a sterol ester · Sources: Rhea
- a sterol ester is a substrate of CELProteinRhea RHEA:10100Inferred only
- a sterol ester is a substrate of LCATProteinRhea RHEA:21204Inferred only
- a sterol ester is a substrate of LIPAProteinRhea RHEA:10100Inferred only
- a sterol ester is a substrate of LIPNProteinRhea RHEA:10100Inferred only
Reactions
3 reactions
a sterol ester+watera sterol+a fatty acid+hydron
Catalysed by CEL or LIPA or LIPN
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:10100CC BY 4.0Reference data
a sterol+a 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerola sterol ester+a 1-acyl-sn-glycerol
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:13301CC BY 4.0Reference data
a sterol+a 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholinea sterol ester+a 1-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
Catalysed by LCAT
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:21204CC BY 4.0Reference data
On the label
Labelled products
3 products
Source: NIH DSLD · Ingredient: a sterol ester · 3 products · Declared amount per serving: 500–500 mg (1 products)
1 label states an amount2 do not
- Puritan's PrideCo Q-10 Heart ComplexBeta Sitosterol · Equivalent to 500 mg of plant sterols500 mgper 2 Softgel(s)DSLD:327261
- Puritan's PrideDouble Strength Phytosterol ComplexBeta Sitosterol · equivalent to 1000mg of plant sterolsamount not statedper 2 Softgel(s)DSLD:286302
- Puritan's PrideDouble Strength Phytosterol ComplexBeta Sitosterol · equivalent to 1000mg of plant sterolsamount not statedper 2 Softgel(s)DSLD:318269
Label record: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements · CC0
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: a sterol ester
- Also called
- 3-hydroxysteroid ester3-hydroxysteroid estersSESterol esterSterol estersSteryl ester