Product Overview
The product belongs to plant extract.
Form
White acicular crystal
Solubility
Soluble in gasoline, ethanol, chloroform and other organic solvents, insoluble in water
Applications
Diosgenin is an important steroid sapogenin and an important raw material for semi-synthetic steroids.Progesterone dienol was prepared by opening loop, oxidation, hydrolysis and elimination of diosgenin.Dehydroepiandrosterone was prepared by oximation, rearrangement and hydrolysis.These intermediates are of great value in drug production.Diosgenin is a precursor of synthetic steroid hormone drugs.
Synonyms
DIOSGENIC; HYDROXY-5-SPIROSTENE; 3BETA-HYDROXY-5-SPIROSTENE
Molecular Formula
C27H42O3
Datasheet 
