CHEBI:66693 - melophlin R

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ChEBI Name melophlin R
ChEBI ID CHEBI:66693
Definition A member of the class of pyrrolidin-2-ones that is 1,5-dimethylpyrrolidine-2,4-dione substituted by a 1-hydroxy-12-methyltetradecylidene moiety at position 3. Isolated from the marine sponge Melophlus sarasinorum and other species of genus Melophlus, it exhibits cytotoxicity against murine leukemia cell line.
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Formula C21H37NO3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 351.52340
Monoisotopic Mass 351.27734
InChI InChI=1S/C21H37NO3/c1-5-16(2)14-12-10-8-6-7-9-11-13-15-18(23)19-20(24)17(3)22(4)21(19)25/h16-17,23H,5-15H2,1-4H3/b19-18-
InChIKey QDDWPSIPKTZOEU-HNENSFHCSA-N
SMILES CCC(C)CCCCCCCCCC\C(O)=C1/C(=O)C(C)N(C)C1=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Melophlus (NCBI:txid283574) See: PubMed
Melophlus sarasinorum (WORMS:169852) See: PubMed
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.
Application(s): antineoplastic agent
A substance that inhibits or prevents the proliferation of neoplasms.
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Outgoing melophlin R (CHEBI:66693) has role antineoplastic agent (CHEBI:35610)
melophlin R (CHEBI:66693) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212)
melophlin R (CHEBI:66693) is a enol (CHEBI:33823)
melophlin R (CHEBI:66693) is a pyrrolidin-2-ones (CHEBI:74223)
IUPAC Name
(3Z)-3-(1-hydroxy-12-methyltetradecylidene)-1,5-dimethylpyrrolidine-2,4-dione
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Registry Number Type Source
10382681 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
Citation Waiting for Citations Type Source
16755057 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
20 June 2013
General Comment
2013-04-08 The compound has been isolated as a mixture of 5R and 5S enantiomers.