Cortisone
SIGMA/C2755 - ≥95%
Synonym: 17α,21-Dihydroxy-4-pregnene-3,11,20-trione; 17α-Hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone; 4-Pregnene-17α,21-diol-3,11,20-trione; Kendall’s Compound E; Reichstein’s Substance Fa
CAS Number: 53-06-5
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C21H28O5
Molecular Weight: 360.44
EC Number: 200-162-4
MDL Number: MFCD00003610
Linear Formula: C21H28O5
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | ≥95% |
| biological source | synthetic |
| form | powder |
| InChI | 1S/C21H28O5/c1-19-7-5-13( |
| InChI key | MFYSYFVPBJMHGN-ZPOLXVRWSA |
| mp | 223-228 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| shipped in | ambient |
| SMILES string | C[C@]12CCC(=O)C=C1CC[C@H] |
| solubility | chloroform: methanol (1:1): 50 mg/mL, clear to very slightly hazy, colorless to faintly yellow |
| sterility | non-sterile |
| storage temp. | room temp |
| technique(s) | inhibition assay: suitable |
| Application: | Cortisone has been used: • to validate a 1β-HSD1 (11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1) inhibitor • to study the sensitivity of erythropoietic and granulopoietic progenitor cells to cortisone • in the determination of rates of cortisol oxidation by 11βHSD |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Cortisone (11 dehydro 17 hydroxycortico-sterone) is an anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid that delays wound healing after surgeries. It postpones the healing process by affecting the appearance of inflammatory cells, ground substance, fibroblasts, collagen, regenerating capillaries, and epithelial migration. Glucocorticoids have anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic and immunosuppressive properties and are extensively used in treatment and therapy. |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Cortisone is a glucocorticoid; a corticosterone analog that has approximately twice the anti-inflammatory potency as corticosterone but much lower Na2+ retention potency. |
| Packaging: | 1, 5 g in glass bottle |
| Packaging: | 250 mg in glass bottle |
| Packaging: | Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone. |
| Symbol | GHS08 |
| Signal word | Warning |
| Hazard statements | H361d |
| Precautionary statements | P201 - P202 - P280 - P308 + P313 - P405 - P501 |
| Hazard Codes | Xn |
| Risk Statements | 63 |
| Safety Statements | 36/37 |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | ≥95% |
| mp | 223-228 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| Storage Temp. | room temp |
| UNSPSC | 51111800 |


