Calcipotriol Monohydrate

Description: Calcipotriol hydrate is a synthetic calcitriol/Vitamin D3 (VD3) analog and an agonist of the VD3 receptor. It is used in the treatment of psoriasis and marketed under the trade name Dovonex. It has comparable affinity with calcitriol (Vit. D) for the Vitamin D receptor (VDR), while being less than 1% as active as the calcitriol in regulating calcium metabolism. Chronic plaque psoriasis is the chief medical use of calcipotriol. It has also been used successfully in the treatment of alopecia areata.

References:

1. Sakabe JI, et al. Calcipotriol Increases hCAP18 mRNA Expression but Inhibits Extracellular LL37 Peptide Production in IL-17/IL-22-stimulated Normal Human Epidermal Keratinocytes. Acta Derm Venereol. 2014 Sep; 94(5):512-6.

2. Al-Jaderi Z, et al. Effects of vitamin D3, calcipotriol and FTY720 on the expression of surface molecules and cytolytic activities of human natural killer cells and dendritic cells. Toxins (Basel). 2013 Oct 28; 5(11):1932-47.

3. Pommergaard HC, et al. Combination chemoprevention with diclofenac, calcipotriol and difluoromethylornithine inhibits development of non-melanoma skin cancer in mice. Anticancer Res. 2013 Aug; 33(8):3033-9.

Related CAS: 112965-21-6 (free); 147657-22-5 (Monohydrate); 112828-00-9