3-guanidinopropanoic acid (CHEBI:15968)

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ChEBI Name	3-guanidinopropanoic acid

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:15968

Definition	A guanidine compound bearing an N-(2-carboxyethyl) substituent. It is a creatine analogue that has been found to decreases plasma glucose levels

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:20026, CHEBI:11797, CHEBI:1507

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Formula

C4H9N3O2

Net Charge

Average Mass

131.13320

Monoisotopic Mass

131.06948

InChI

InChI=1S/C4H9N3O2/c5-4(6)7-2-1-3(8)9/h1-2H2,(H,8,9)(H4,5,6,7)

InChIKey

KMXXSJLYVJEBHI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

NC(=N)NCCC(O)=O

Roles Classification
Application(s):	hypoglycemic agent A drug which lowers the blood glucose level.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	3-guanidinopropanoic acid (CHEBI:15968) has functional parent propionic acid (CHEBI:30768) 3-guanidinopropanoic acid (CHEBI:15968) has role hypoglycemic agent (CHEBI:35526) 3-guanidinopropanoic acid (CHEBI:15968) is a guanidines (CHEBI:24436) 3-guanidinopropanoic acid (CHEBI:15968) is tautomer of 3-guanidinopropanoic acid zwitterion (CHEBI:57593)

Incoming	3-guanidinopropanoic acid zwitterion (CHEBI:57593) is tautomer of 3-guanidinopropanoic acid (CHEBI:15968)

IUPAC Name

3-carbamimidamidopropanoic acid

Synonyms	Sources
3-Guanidinopropanoate	KEGG COMPOUND
β-GPA	ChEBI
β-guanidinopropionic acid	ChEBI
N-[amino(imino)methyl]-β-alanine	ChEBI

Last Modified

31 January 2019