27-hydroxycholesterol

A cholesterol metabolite.

Phase of research

Potential treatment - theoretical effect

How it helps

Antiviral

Drug status

Natural product

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Clinical trials

General information

27-hydroxycholesterol on PubChem
27-hydroxycholesterol on Wikipedia

 

Structure image - 27-hydroxycholesterol

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Supporting references

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The cholesterol metabolite 27-hydroxycholesterol inhibits SARS-CoV-2 and is markedly decreased in COVID-19 patients
Small molecule In vitro
Vero E6 cells; Huh7 cells; SARS-CoV-2 ICGEB_FVG_S5 strain 9.99

27-hydroxycholesterol (27OHC) (complexed with 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin) manifested strong dose-responsive antiviral activity in vitro. The serum levels of 27OHC in severe COVID-19 patients was significantly lower than in moderate cases.

Aug/10/2020

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