CHEBI:68664 - DL-ethionine

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ChEBI Name DL-ethionine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:68664
ChEBI ASCII Name DL-ethionine
Definition A racemate comprising equimolar amounts of D- and L-ethionine.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): carcinogenic agent
A role played by a chemical compound which is known to induce a process of carcinogenesis by corrupting normal cellular pathways, leading to the acquistion of tumoral capabilities.
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Outgoing DL-ethionine (CHEBI:68664) has part D-ethionine (CHEBI:68663)
DL-ethionine (CHEBI:68664) has part L-ethionine (CHEBI:4886)
DL-ethionine (CHEBI:68664) has role carcinogenic agent (CHEBI:50903)
DL-ethionine (CHEBI:68664) is a racemate (CHEBI:60911)
IUPAC Name
S-ethyl-DL-homocysteine
Synonyms Sources
(±)-ethionine ChEBI
(+-)-ethionine ChemIDplus
(+/-)-ethionine NIST Chemistry WebBook
DL-2-amino-4-(ethylthio)butyric acid ChemIDplus
S-ethyl-rac-homocysteine IUPAC
Manual Xrefs Databases
ETHIONINE MetaCyc
US2840587 Patent
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1722529 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
67-21-0 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
67-21-0 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
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Last Modified
10 October 2012