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.
Stars 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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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 Waiting for Citations Types Sources
24374864 PubMed citation Europe PMC
24503502 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
08 July 2014