CHEBI:50211 - retinol

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ChEBI Name retinol
ChEBI ID CHEBI:50211
Definition A retinoid consisting of 3,7-dimethylnona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-ol substituted at position 9 by a 2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl group (geometry of the four exocyclic double bonds is not specified).
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:15037, CHEBI:26538
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Formula C20H30O
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 286.45160
Monoisotopic Mass 286.22967
InChI InChI=1S/C20H30O/c1-16(8-6-9-17(2)13-15-21)11-12-19-18(3)10-7-14-20(19,4)5/h6,8-9,11-13,21H,7,10,14-15H2,1-5H3
InChIKey FPIPGXGPPPQFEQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CC(C=CC=C(C)C=CC1=C(C)CCCC1(C)C)=CCO
Metabolite of Species Details
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: DOI
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing retinol (CHEBI:50211) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
retinol (CHEBI:50211) is a primary allylic alcohol (CHEBI:134394)
retinol (CHEBI:50211) is a retinoid (CHEBI:26537)
Incoming retinyl palmitate (CHEBI:15040) has functional parent retinol (CHEBI:50211)
11-cis-retinol (CHEBI:16302) is a retinol (CHEBI:50211)
13-cis-retinol (CHEBI:45479) is a retinol (CHEBI:50211)
9-cis-retinol (CHEBI:78272) is a retinol (CHEBI:50211)
all-trans-13,14-dihydroretinol (CHEBI:52075) is a retinol (CHEBI:50211)
all-trans-retinol (CHEBI:17336) is a retinol (CHEBI:50211)
IUPAC Name
3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-ol
Synonym Source
retinol UniProt
Manual Xrefs Databases
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Retinols MetaCyc
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Last Modified
28 July 2021