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CHEBI:17126 - carnitine

ChEBI IDCHEBI:17126
ChEBI Namecarnitine
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DefinitionAn amino-acid betaine that is butanoate substituted with a hydroxy group at position C-3 and a trimethylammonium group at C-4.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:11817, CHEBI:13947, CHEBI:20047, CHEBI:23038, CHEBI:29085
Last Modified11 November 2014
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FormulaC7H15NO3
Net Charge0
Average Mass161.201
Monoisotopic Mass161.10519
SMILESC[N+](C)(C)CC(O)CC(=O)[O-]
InChIInChI=1S/C7H15NO3/c1-8(2,3)5-6(9)4-7(10)11/h6,9H,4-5H2,1-3H3
InChIKeyPHIQHXFUZVPYII-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - PubMed (22770225)
Mus musculus (ncbitaxon:10090) - PubMed (23868375)
Roles Classification

ChEBI Ontology
IUPAC Name 
3-hydroxy-4-(trimethylammonio)butanoate
Synonym  Source
D,L-carnitineMetaCyc
UniProt Name  Source
carnitineUniProt
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00487KEGG COMPOUND
US4255449Patent
US4315944Patent
DB02648DrugBank
DL-CARNITINEMetaCyc
CarnitineWikipedia
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1866665Reaxys
CAS:461-06-3ChemIDplus
Citations