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CHEBI:25351 - mevalonic acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:25351
ChEBI Namemevalonic acid
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DefinitionA racemate composed of equimolar amounts of (R)- and (S)-mevalonic acid.
Last Modified23 March 2023
FormulaC6H12O4
Net Charge0
Average Mass148.158
Monoisotopic Mass148.07356
Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606)
urine (BTO:0001419) PubMed (2702744)
blood (UBERON:0000178) PubMed (10947201)
Mus musculus (ncbitaxon:10090)
- MetaboLights (MTBLS376) From MetaboLights Strain: C57bl/6 mouse (NCIT:C14424)
- MetaboLights (MTBLS225) From MetaboLights
Roles Classification
Biological Roles:
human urinary metabolite  Any metabolite (endogenous or exogenous) found in human urine samples.
mouse metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351) has part (R)-mevalonic acid (CHEBI:17710)
mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351) has part (S)-mevalonic acid (CHEBI:28880)
mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351) has role human urinary metabolite (CHEBI:84087)
mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351) is a racemate (CHEBI:60911)
mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351) is conjugate acid of mevalonate (CHEBI:25350)
Incoming Relation(s)
mevalonolactone (CHEBI:194429) has functional parent mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351)
mevalonyl-CoA (CHEBI:133868) has functional parent mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351)
mevalonate (CHEBI:25350) is conjugate base of mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351)
IUPAC Name 
rac-3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid
Synonyms  Source
RS-mevalonic acidHMDB
DL-mevalonic acidHMDB
(±)-MVAChEBI
racemic mevalonic acidChEBI
rac-MVAChEBI
(±)-3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylvaleric acidChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
HMDB0000227HMDB
Mevalonic_acidWikipedia
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1722595Reaxys
CAS:150-97-0ChemIDplus
Citations