A butenolide that is furan-2(5H)-one substituted by a hydroxymethyl group at position 3 and a methyl group at position 4. Isolated from an edible mushroom Mycoleptodonoides aitchisonii, it exhibits protective activity against endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress dependent cell death.
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This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
3-hydroxymethyl-4-methyl-furan-2(5H)-one
(CHEBI:66047)
has role
metabolite
(CHEBI:25212)
3-hydroxymethyl-4-methyl-furan-2(5H)-one
(CHEBI:66047)
has role
neuroprotective agent
(CHEBI:63726)
3-hydroxymethyl-4-methyl-furan-2(5H)-one
(CHEBI:66047)
is a
butenolide
(CHEBI:50523)
3-hydroxymethyl-4-methyl-furan-2(5H)-one
(CHEBI:66047)
is a
primary alcohol
(CHEBI:15734)