CHEBI:87809 - 2-ethylhexanal

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ChEBI Name 2-ethylhexanal
ChEBI ID CHEBI:87809
Definition A saturated fatty aldehyde that is heptane in which one of the hydrogens at position 3 has been replaced by a formyl group. It is a metabolite of the plasticisers di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) and di-2-ethylhexyl adipate (DEHA).
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Submitter Anne Morgat
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Biological Role(s): fungal metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in fungi, the kingdom that includes microorganisms such as the yeasts and moulds.
bacterial xenobiotic metabolite
Any bacterial metabolite produced by metabolism of a xenobiotic compound in bacteria.
Related Structures
2-ethylhexanal is a Structural Derivative of
saturated fatty acid
Definition : Any fatty acid containing no carbon to carbon multiple bonds. Known to produce adverse biological effects when ingested to excess.
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