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CHEBI:15756 - hexadecanoic acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:15756
ChEBI Namehexadecanoic acid
Stars
DefinitionA straight-chain, sixteen-carbon, saturated long-chain fatty acid.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:14730, CHEBI:24540, CHEBI:24541, CHEBI:24542, CHEBI:24550, CHEBI:29889, CHEBI:35978, CHEBI:44952, CHEBI:233028
Last Modified31 May 2023
SubmitterMarcus Ennis
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FormulaC16H32O2
Net Charge0
Average Mass256.430
Monoisotopic Mass256.24023
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C16H32O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16(17)18/h2-15H2,1H3,(H,17,18)
InChIKeyIPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Daphnia magna (ncbitaxon:35525) - PubMed (20117838)
Centella asiatica (ncbitaxon:48106) - MetaboLights (MTBLS175)
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (ncbitaxon:3055) - PubMed (25515814)
Roles Classification

ChEBI Ontology
IUPAC Name 
hexadecanoic acid
Synonyms  Source
n-hexadecanoic acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
hexadecoic acidChEBI
PALMITIC ACIDPDBeChem
CH3‒[CH2]14‒COOHIUPAC
Palmitinsäure  deChEBI
n-hexadecoic acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual XrefsDatabases
LMFA01010001LIPID MAPS
PLMPDBeChem
C00249KEGG COMPOUND
D05341KEGG DRUG
DB03796DrugBank
HMDB0000220HMDB
PALMITATEMetaCyc
Palmitic_acidWikipedia
C00030479KNApSAcK
C00001233KNApSAcK
1336PPDB
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:190200Gmelin
Reaxys:607489Reaxys
CAS:57-10-3ChemIDplus
CAS:57-10-3NIST Chemistry WebBook
CAS:57-10-3KEGG COMPOUND
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