CHEBI:144354 - methyl γ-linolenate

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ChEBI Name methyl γ-linolenate
ChEBI ID CHEBI:144354
ChEBI ASCII Name methyl gamma-linolenate
Definition A fatty acid methyl ester obtained from the formal condensation of methanol and γ-linolenic acid.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Submitter Mark Williams
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Formula C19H32O2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 292.463
Monoisotopic Mass 292.24023
InChI InChI=1S/C19H32O2/c1-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19(20)21-2/h7-8,10-11,13-14H,3-6,9,12,15-18H2,1-2H3/b8-7-,11-10-,14-13-
InChIKey JFRWATCOFCPIBM-JPFHKJGASA-N
SMILES O(C(=O)CCCC/C=C\C/C=C\C/C=C\CCCCC)C
Metabolite of Species Details
Arthrospira platensis (NCBI:txid118562) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): bacterial metabolite
Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria.
apoptosis inducer
Any substance that induces the process of apoptosis (programmed cell death) in multi-celled organisms.
antibacterial agent
A substance (or active part thereof) that kills or slows the growth of bacteria.
Application(s): antineoplastic agent
A substance that inhibits or prevents the proliferation of neoplasms.
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Outgoing methyl γ-linolenate (CHEBI:144354) has functional parent γ-linolenic acid (CHEBI:28661)
methyl γ-linolenate (CHEBI:144354) has role antibacterial agent (CHEBI:33282)
methyl γ-linolenate (CHEBI:144354) has role antineoplastic agent (CHEBI:35610)
methyl γ-linolenate (CHEBI:144354) has role apoptosis inducer (CHEBI:68495)
methyl γ-linolenate (CHEBI:144354) has role bacterial metabolite (CHEBI:76969)
methyl γ-linolenate (CHEBI:144354) is a fatty acid methyl ester (CHEBI:4986)
IUPAC Name
methyl (6Z,9Z,12Z)-octadeca-6,9,12-trienoate
Synonyms Sources
(6Z,9Z,12Z)-6,9,12-octadecatrienoic acid methyl ester ChEBI
C18:3 (all cis-6,9,12) methyl ester ChEBI
γ-linolenic acid methyl ester ChEBI
methyl (Z,Z,Z)-6,9,12-octadecatrienoate ChemIDplus
methyl GLA ChEBI
Registry Number Type Source
16326-32-2 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
1155030 PubMed citation Europe PMC
19152021 PubMed citation Europe PMC
20541177 PubMed citation Europe PMC
25466915 PubMed citation Europe PMC
26238515 PubMed citation Europe PMC
2986177 PubMed citation Europe PMC
363848 Chinese Abstracts citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
26 July 2019