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CHEBI:53181 - pristane

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ChEBI IDCHEBI:53181
ChEBI Namepristane
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DefinitionA norterpene that is an acyclic saturated hydrocarbon derived from phytane by loss of its C-16 terminal methyl group.
Secondary ChEBI IDCHEBI:77511
Last Modified11 November 2014
Submitterjhammock, Marcus Ennis
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FormulaC19H40
Net Charge0
Average Mass268.529
Monoisotopic Mass268.31300
SMILESCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)C
InChIInChI=1S/C19H40/c1-16(2)10-7-12-18(5)14-9-15-19(6)13-8-11-17(3)4/h16-19H,7-15H2,1-6H3
InChIKeyXOJVVFBFDXDTEG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Roles Classification
Biological Role:
immunological adjuvant  A substance that augments, stimulates, activates, potentiates, or modulates the immune response at either the cellular or humoral level. A classical agent (Freund's adjuvant, BCG, Corynebacterium parvum, et al.) contains bacterial antigens. It could also be endogenous (e.g., histamine, interferon, transfer factor, tuftsin, interleukin-1). Its mode of action is either non-specific, resulting in increased immune responsiveness to a wide variety of antigens, or antigen-specific, i.e., affecting a restricted type of immune response to a narrow group of antigens. The therapeutic efficacy is related to its antigen-specific immunoadjuvanticity.
Applications:
immunological adjuvant  A substance that augments, stimulates, activates, potentiates, or modulates the immune response at either the cellular or humoral level. A classical agent (Freund's adjuvant, BCG, Corynebacterium parvum, et al.) contains bacterial antigens. It could also be endogenous (e.g., histamine, interferon, transfer factor, tuftsin, interleukin-1). Its mode of action is either non-specific, resulting in increased immune responsiveness to a wide variety of antigens, or antigen-specific, i.e., affecting a restricted type of immune response to a narrow group of antigens. The therapeutic efficacy is related to its antigen-specific immunoadjuvanticity.
biomarker  A substance used as an indicator of a biological state.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
pristane (CHEBI:53181) has role biomarker (CHEBI:59163)
pristane (CHEBI:53181) has role immunological adjuvant (CHEBI:50847)
pristane (CHEBI:53181) is a long-chain alkane (CHEBI:83563)
pristane (CHEBI:53181) is a norterpene (CHEBI:53182)
IUPAC Name 
2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane
Synonyms  Source
Bute hydrocarbonChemIDplus
NorphytanNIST Chemistry WebBook
NorphytaneChemIDplus
PristanNIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual XrefsDatabases
CPD-15252MetaCyc
PristaneWikipedia
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1720538Reaxys
CAS:1921-70-6NIST Chemistry WebBook
CAS:1921-70-6ChemIDplus
Citations