CHEBI:22861 - betalain

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ChEBI Name betalain
ChEBI ID CHEBI:22861
Definition Any of a group of coloured alkaloids occurring widely in plants of the order Centrospermae. They are divided into two groups, betacyanins and betaxanthins, and both occur in plant vacuoles.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): metabolite
Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.
(via alkaloid )
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing betalain (CHEBI:22861) is a alkaloid (CHEBI:22315)
Incoming betalamic acid (CHEBI:27483) is a betalain (CHEBI:22861)
Betanin (CHEBI:3080) is a betalain (CHEBI:22861)
Bougainvillein-r-I (CHEBI:3161) is a betalain (CHEBI:22861)
Celosianin II (CHEBI:3530) is a betalain (CHEBI:22861)
Iresinin I (CHEBI:5961) is a betalain (CHEBI:22861)
Isobetanin (CHEBI:5985) is a betalain (CHEBI:22861)
Lampranthin II (CHEBI:6368) is a betalain (CHEBI:22861)
Prebetanin (CHEBI:8367) is a betalain (CHEBI:22861)
Synonym Source
betalains ChemIDplus
Registry Number Type Source
37279-84-8 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Last Modified
10 November 2008