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CHEBI:68664 -
D
L
-ethionine
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ChEBI Name
D
L
-ethionine
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:68664
ChEBI ASCII Name
DL-ethionine
Definition
A racemate comprising equimolar amounts of
D
- and
L
-ethionine.
Stars
This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Roles Classification
Biological Role
(s):
carcinogenic agent
A role played by a chemical compound which is known to induce a process of carcinogenesis by corrupting normal cellular pathways, leading to the acquistion of tumoral capabilities.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing
D
L
-ethionine (
CHEBI:68664
)
has part
D
-ethionine (
CHEBI:68663
)
D
L
-ethionine (
CHEBI:68664
)
has part
L
-ethionine (
CHEBI:4886
)
D
L
-ethionine (
CHEBI:68664
)
has role
carcinogenic agent (
CHEBI:50903
)
D
L
-ethionine (
CHEBI:68664
)
is a
racemate (
CHEBI:60911
)
IUPAC Name
S
-ethyl-
D
L
-homocysteine
Synonyms
Sources
(±)-ethionine
ChEBI
(+-)-ethionine
ChemIDplus
(+/-)-ethionine
NIST Chemistry WebBook
D
L
-2-amino-4-(ethylthio)butyric acid
ChemIDplus
S
-ethyl-
rac
-homocysteine
IUPAC
Manual Xrefs
Databases
ETHIONINE
MetaCyc
US2840587
Patent
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Registry Numbers
Types
Sources
1722529
Reaxys Registry Number
Reaxys
67-21-0
CAS Registry Number
ChemIDplus
67-21-0
CAS Registry Number
NIST Chemistry WebBook
Citations
Types
Sources
106781
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
13906694
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
3395998
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
6286383
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
65785
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
6744518
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
7005506
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
7225163
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
912478
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
975026
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
Last Modified
10 October 2012