CHEBI:194429 - mevalonolactone

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ChEBI Name mevalonolactone
ChEBI ID CHEBI:194429
Definition A racemate comprising equimolar amounts of (R)-mevalonolactone and (S)-mevalonolactone.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Formula C6H10O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 130.143
Monoisotopic Mass 130.06299
Metabolite of Species Details
Psammotettix alienus (NCBI:txid1329925) See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) Found in Urine (NCIT:C13283). See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): human urinary metabolite
Any metabolite (endogenous or exogenous) found in human urine samples.
animal metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in animals that include diverse creatures from sponges, insects to mammals.
Application(s): antimyopathic agent
A drug used to treat myopathy.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing mevalonolactone (CHEBI:194429) has functional parent mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351)
mevalonolactone (CHEBI:194429) has part (R)-mevalonolactone (CHEBI:67849)
mevalonolactone (CHEBI:194429) has part (S)-mevalonolactone (CHEBI:194428)
mevalonolactone (CHEBI:194429) has role animal metabolite (CHEBI:75767)
mevalonolactone (CHEBI:194429) has role antimyopathic agent (CHEBI:194430)
mevalonolactone (CHEBI:194429) has role human urinary metabolite (CHEBI:84087)
mevalonolactone (CHEBI:194429) is a racemate (CHEBI:60911)
IUPAC Name
rac-4-hydroxy-4-methyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one
Synonyms Sources
(±)-mevalolactone ChEBI
(±)-mevalonolactone ChEBI
(4RS)-4-hydroxy-4-methyloxan-2-one IUPAC
(4RS)-4-hydroxy-4-methyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one IUPAC
(RS)-mevalonolactone ChEBI
DL-mevalonic acid δ-lactone ChEBI
DL-mevalonic acid lactone ChEBI
DL-mevalonolactone ChEBI
mevalolactone ChEBI
mevalonic acid δ-lactone ChEBI
mevalonic acid lactone ChEBI
mevalonic lactone ChEBI
R,S-mevalonolactone ChEBI
rac-mevalonolactone ChEBI
racemic mevalonolactone ChEBI
RS-mevalonolactone ChEBI
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00062661 KNApSAcK
HMDB0006024 HMDB
LSM-6380 LINCS
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Registry Number Type Source
674-26-0 CAS Registry Number PubChem
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
11522061 PubMed citation Europe PMC
12481687 PubMed citation Europe PMC
36745799 PubMed citation Europe PMC
9208099 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
22 February 2023