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CHEBI:15968 - 3-guanidinopropanoic acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:15968
ChEBI Name3-guanidinopropanoic acid
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DefinitionA guanidine compound bearing an N-(2-carboxyethyl) substituent. It is a creatine analogue that has been found to decreases plasma glucose levels
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:1507, CHEBI:11797, CHEBI:20026
Last Modified31 January 2019
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FormulaC4H9N3O2
Net Charge0
Average Mass131.135
Monoisotopic Mass131.06948
SMILESN=C(N)NCCC(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C4H9N3O2/c5-4(6)7-2-1-3(8)9/h1-2H2,(H,8,9)(H4,5,6,7)
InChIKeyKMXXSJLYVJEBHI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Wikipedia
Roles Classification
Application:
hypoglycemic agent  A drug which lowers the blood glucose level.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
3-guanidinopropanoic acid (CHEBI:15968) has functional parent propionic acid (CHEBI:30768)
3-guanidinopropanoic acid (CHEBI:15968) has role hypoglycemic agent (CHEBI:35526)
3-guanidinopropanoic acid (CHEBI:15968) is a guanidines (CHEBI:24436)
3-guanidinopropanoic acid (CHEBI:15968) is tautomer of 3-guanidinopropanoic acid zwitterion (CHEBI:57593)
Incoming Relation(s)
3-guanidinopropanoic acid zwitterion (CHEBI:57593) is tautomer of 3-guanidinopropanoic acid (CHEBI:15968)
IUPAC Name 
3-carbamimidamidopropanoic acid
Synonyms  Source
3-GuanidinopropanoateKEGG COMPOUND
N-[amino(imino)methyl]-β-alanineChEBI
β-GPAChEBI
β-guanidinopropionic acidChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
C03065KEGG COMPOUND
C03065KEGG COMPOUND
Guanidinopropionic_acidWikipedia
HMDB0013222HMDB
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1705262Reaxys
CAS:353-09-3ChemIDplus
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