Dear chemists and other colleagues in science.
Can someone please advise where I can obtain inokosterone? This is a
steroid hormone derived from ecdysone and has the systematic name of:
(2beta,3beta,14alpha,20R,22R,26-hexahydroxy-5beta-cholest-7-en-6-one).
According to one reference (Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem. 359 1269,
(1978)) Rohto Pharmaceuticals (Osaka, Japan) have supplied it previously.
However, this company has not responded to fax enquiries. I need 5 to
10 milligrams of same for a start.
Norman Gare (Dr)
School of Biomedical Sciences
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987
PERTH WA 6001
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