CHEBI:131429 - carcinine

ChEBI IDCHEBI:131429
ChEBI Namecarcinine
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DefinitionA β-alanine derivative that is the amide obtained by formal condensation of the carboxy group of β-alanine with the primary amino group of histamine.
Last Modified12 August 2022
Submitterhdrabkin
DownloadsMolfile
FormulaC8H14N4O
Net Charge0
Average Mass182.227
Monoisotopic Mass182.11676
SMILESNCCC(=O)NCCc1cncn1
InChIInChI=1S/C8H14N4O/c9-3-1-8(13)11-4-2-7-5-10-6-12-7/h5-6H,1-4,9H2,(H,10,12)(H,11,13)
InChIKeyANRUJJLGVODXIK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Carcinus maenas (ncbitaxon:6759) - PubMed (2421673)
Drosophila melanogaster (ncbitaxon:7227) - PubMed (26765065)
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
antioxidant  A substance that opposes oxidation or inhibits reactions brought about by dioxygen or peroxides.
Biological Role:
crustacean metabolite  An animal metabolite produced by arthropods such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimps and krill.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
carcinine (CHEBI:131429) has functional parent histamine (CHEBI:18295)
carcinine (CHEBI:131429) has role antioxidant (CHEBI:22586)
carcinine (CHEBI:131429) has role crustacean metabolite (CHEBI:83039)
carcinine (CHEBI:131429) is a imidazoles (CHEBI:24780)
carcinine (CHEBI:131429) is a monocarboxylic acid amide (CHEBI:29347)
carcinine (CHEBI:131429) is a β-alanine derivative (CHEBI:22823)
carcinine (CHEBI:131429) is conjugate base of carcininium (CHEBI:192797)
Incoming Relation(s)
carcininium (CHEBI:192797) is conjugate acid of carcinine (CHEBI:131429)
IUPAC Name 
N-[2-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)ethyl]-β-alaninamide
Synonyms  Source
beta-AlanylhistamineChemIDplus
β-alaninylhistamineChEBI
β-alanyl-histamineChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
HMDB0249666HMDB
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:6804743Reaxys
CAS:56897-53-1ChemIDplus
Citations