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CHEBI:37208 - pinitol
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ChEBI Name
pinitol
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:37208
Definition
A cyclitol ether formed by etherification of the 3-hydroxy group of
chiro
-inositol. It is plant metabolite isolated from the leaves of
Sutherlandia frutescens
.
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This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Formula
C7H14O6
Net Charge
0
Average Mass
194.183
Monoisotopic Mass
194.07904
Roles Classification
Biological Role
(s):
plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
Application
(s):
hypoglycemic agent
A drug which lowers the blood glucose level.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing
pinitol (
CHEBI:37208
)
has functional parent
chiro
-inositol (
CHEBI:23098
)
pinitol (
CHEBI:37208
)
has role
hypoglycemic agent (
CHEBI:35526
)
pinitol (
CHEBI:37208
)
has role
plant metabolite (
CHEBI:76924
)
pinitol (
CHEBI:37208
)
is a
cyclitol ether (
CHEBI:61362
)
pinitol (
CHEBI:37208
)
is a
pentol (
CHEBI:37205
)
Incoming
D
-pinitol (
CHEBI:28548
)
is a
pinitol (
CHEBI:37208
)
L
-pinitol (
CHEBI:37209
)
is a
pinitol (
CHEBI:37208
)
IUPAC Name
3-
O
-methyl-
chiro
-inositol
Synonym
Source
pinitol
ChemIDplus
Registry Number
Type
Source
484-68-4
CAS Registry Number
ChemIDplus
Citations
Types
Sources
24374864
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
24503502
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
Last Modified
08 July 2014