beta-bitter acid (CHEBI:136848)

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ChEBI Name	β-bitter acid

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:136848

ChEBI ASCII Name	beta-bitter acid

Definition	An alicyclic ketone obtained by prenylation at positions 4, 6 and 6 of any 2-acylphloroglucinol. β-bitter acids are well known for their contribution to the bitter taste of beer.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

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Formula

C22H29O4R

Net Charge

Average Mass (excl. R groups)

357.464

Monoisotopic Mass (excl. R groups)

357.20658

SMILES

C=1(C(C(C(C(*)=O)=C(C1CC=C(C)C)O)=O)(CC=C(C)C)CC=C(C)C)O

Metabolite of Species	Details
Humulus lupulus (NCBI:txid3486)	See: PubMed

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	plant metabolite Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	β-bitter acid (CHEBI:136848) has functional parent 2-acylphloroglucinol (CHEBI:134316) β-bitter acid (CHEBI:136848) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924) β-bitter acid (CHEBI:136848) is a alicyclic ketone (CHEBI:36132) β-bitter acid (CHEBI:136848) is a diol (CHEBI:23824) β-bitter acid (CHEBI:136848) is a enol (CHEBI:33823) β-bitter acid (CHEBI:136848) is a enone (CHEBI:51689) β-bitter acid (CHEBI:136848) is conjugate acid of β-bitter acid(1−) (CHEBI:134348)

Incoming	adlupulone (CHEBI:136852) is a β-bitter acid (CHEBI:136848) colupulone (CHEBI:136851) is a β-bitter acid (CHEBI:136848) lupulone (CHEBI:6574) is a β-bitter acid (CHEBI:136848) β-bitter acid(1−) (CHEBI:134348) is conjugate base of β-bitter acid (CHEBI:136848)

Synonym	Source
β-bitter acids	ChEBI

Last Modified

18 April 2017