CHEBI:5186 - fucoxanthin

ChEBI IDCHEBI:5186
ChEBI Namefucoxanthin
Stars
DefinitionAn epoxycarotenol that is found in brown seaweed and which exhibits anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, anti-oxidative and neuroprotective properties.
Secondary ChEBI IDCHEBI:67925
Last Modified4 October 2017
DownloadsMolfile
FormulaC42H58O6
Net Charge0
Average Mass658.920
Monoisotopic Mass658.42334
SMILES[H]C(=C=C1C(C)(C)C[C@H](OC(C)=O)C[C@@]1(C)O)/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C=C(\C)C(=O)C[C@@]12O[C@]1(C)C[C@@H](O)CC2(C)C
InChIInChI=1S/C42H58O6/c1-29(18-14-19-31(3)22-23-37-38(6,7)26-35(47-33(5)43)27-40(37,10)46)16-12-13-17-30(2)20-15-21-32(4)36(45)28-42-39(8,9)24-34(44)25-41(42,11)48-42/h12-22,34-35,44,46H,24-28H2,1-11H3/b13-12+,18-14+,20-15+,29-16+,30-17+,31-19+,32-21+/t23-,34-,35-,40+,41+,42-/m0/s1
InChIKeySJWWTRQNNRNTPU-XJUZQKKNSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Cystoseira barbata (ncbitaxon:590725) - PubMed (28389351)
Himanthalia elongata (ncbitaxon:74478) - PubMed (28865626)
Phaeodactylum tricornutum (ncbitaxon:2850) - PubMed (27455130)
Saccharina japonica (ncbitaxon:88149) - PubMed (28212270)
Sargassum fusiforme (ncbitaxon:590727) - PubMed (16786166)
Sargassum siliquastrum (ncbitaxon:127572) - PubMed (19264501)
Sporochnus comosus (ncbitaxon:45367) - PubMed (21348445) CH2Cl2 extract of freeze-dried brown algae
Undaria pinnatifida (ncbitaxon:74381) - PubMed (16786166)
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
food antioxidant  An antioxidant that used as a food additives to help guard against food deterioration.
Biological Roles:
food antioxidant  An antioxidant that used as a food additives to help guard against food deterioration.
plant metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
CFTR potentiator  A membrane transport modulator that restores the chloride ion transport ability of defective cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) genes.
apoptosis inhibitor  Any substance that inhibits the process of apoptosis (programmed cell death) in multi-celled organisms.
marine metabolite  Any metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in marine macro- and microorganisms.
algal metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae.
Applications:
food antioxidant  An antioxidant that used as a food additives to help guard against food deterioration.
hepatoprotective agent  Any compound that is able to prevent damage to the liver.
hypoglycemic agent  A drug which lowers the blood glucose level.
neuroprotective agent  Any compound that can be used for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
fucoxanthin (CHEBI:5186) has role algal metabolite (CHEBI:84735)
fucoxanthin (CHEBI:5186) has role apoptosis inhibitor (CHEBI:68494)
fucoxanthin (CHEBI:5186) has role CFTR potentiator (CHEBI:66902)
fucoxanthin (CHEBI:5186) has role food antioxidant (CHEBI:77962)
fucoxanthin (CHEBI:5186) has role hepatoprotective agent (CHEBI:62868)
fucoxanthin (CHEBI:5186) has role hypoglycemic agent (CHEBI:35526)
fucoxanthin (CHEBI:5186) has role marine metabolite (CHEBI:76507)
fucoxanthin (CHEBI:5186) has role neuroprotective agent (CHEBI:63726)
fucoxanthin (CHEBI:5186) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
fucoxanthin (CHEBI:5186) is a acetate ester (CHEBI:47622)
fucoxanthin (CHEBI:5186) is a allenes (CHEBI:37602)
fucoxanthin (CHEBI:5186) is a epoxycarotenol (CHEBI:35307)
fucoxanthin (CHEBI:5186) is a secondary alcohol (CHEBI:35681)
fucoxanthin (CHEBI:5186) is a tertiary alcohol (CHEBI:26878)
IUPAC Name 
(3S,5R,6S,3'S,5'R,6'R)-3,5'-dihydroxy-8-oxo-6',7'-didehydro-5,6-epoxy-5,6,7,8,5',6'-hexahydro-β,β-caroten-3'-yl acetate
Synonyms  Source
(3S,3'S,5R,5'R,6S,6'R)-3'-(acetyloxy)-6',7'-didehydro-5,6-epoxy-5,5',6,6',7,8-hexahydro-3,5'-dihydroxy-8-oxo-β,β-caroteneChemIDplus
(3'S,5'R,6'R)-3'-acetoxy-5,6-epoxy-3,5'-dihydroxy-6',7'-didehydro-5,6,7,8,5',6'-hexahydro-β,β-caroten-8-oneIUBMB
FucoxanthinKEGG COMPOUND
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00003773KNApSAcK
C08596KEGG COMPOUND
LMPR01070300LIPID MAPS
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:6580822Reaxys
CAS:3351-86-8KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:3351-86-8ChemIDplus
Citations