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CHEBI:17113 - erythritol

ChEBI IDCHEBI:17113
ChEBI Nameerythritol
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DefinitionThe meso-diastereomer of butane-1,2,3,4-tetrol.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:4840, CHEBI:14215, CHEBI:23946, CHEBI:44263, CHEBI:372804
Last Modified7 March 2023
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FormulaC4H10O4
Net Charge0
Average Mass122.120
Monoisotopic Mass122.05791
SMILESOC[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)CO
InChIInChI=1S/C4H10O4/c5-1-3(7)4(8)2-6/h3-8H,1-2H2/t3-,4+
InChIKeyUNXHWFMMPAWVPI-ZXZARUISSA-N
Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Arabidopsis thaliana (ncbitaxon:3702) - PubMed (10952545)
Carum carvi (ncbitaxon:48032) - DOI (10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00288-1)
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - PubMed (21886157)
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
antioxidant  A substance that opposes oxidation or inhibits reactions brought about by dioxygen or peroxides.
Biological Roles:
human metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
plant metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
erythritol (CHEBI:17113) has role antioxidant (CHEBI:22586)
erythritol (CHEBI:17113) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
erythritol (CHEBI:17113) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
erythritol (CHEBI:17113) is a butane-1,2,3,4-tetrol (CHEBI:48299)
Incoming Relation(s)
D-erythritol 1-phosphate (CHEBI:63319) has functional parent erythritol (CHEBI:17113)
D-erythritol 4-phosphate (CHEBI:15770) has functional parent erythritol (CHEBI:17113)
2-methylerythritol (CHEBI:86367) has functional parent erythritol (CHEBI:17113)
erythrityl tetranitrate (CHEBI:60072) has functional parent erythritol (CHEBI:17113)
IUPAC Name 
meso-erythritol
Synonyms  Source
ErythritolKEGG COMPOUND
ErythrolKEGG COMPOUND
PhycitolKEGG COMPOUND
PhyciteKEGG COMPOUND
ErythriteKEGG COMPOUND
MESO-ERYTHRITOLPDBeChem
UniProt Name  Source
erythritolUniProt
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00503KEGG COMPOUND
MRYPDBeChem
DB04481DrugBank
HMDB0002994HMDB
ErythritolWikipedia
ERYTHRITOLMetaCyc
C00001161KNApSAcK
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:82499Gmelin
Beilstein:1719753Beilstein
Reaxys:1735878Reaxys
CAS:149-32-6KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:149-32-6NIST Chemistry WebBook
CAS:149-32-6ChemIDplus
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