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CHEBI:140939 - macamide

ChEBI IDCHEBI:140939
ChEBI Namemacamide
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DefinitionA fatty amide resulting from the formal condensation of a fatty acid with benzylamine or a substituted (commonly 3-methoxy-) benzylamine. The term originally referred to bioactive and marker compounds isolated from maca (Lepidium meyenii, a herb cultivated for centuries by the indigenous people in the Peruvian Andes as a staple food crop) but is now also used to refer to synthetic analogues.
Last Modified6 June 2018
SubmitterGareth Owen
DownloadsMolfile
FormulaC8H3NOR6
Net Charge0
Average Mass (excl. R groups)129.116
Monoisotopic Mass (excl. R groups)129.02146
SMILES*C(=O)NCc1c([1*])c([2*])c([3*])c([4*])c1[5*]
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
macamide (CHEBI:140939) is a fatty amide (CHEBI:29348)
Incoming Relation(s)
N-benzylhexadecanamide (CHEBI:140849) is a macamide (CHEBI:140939)
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macamidesChEBI
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