L-ascorbate (CHEBI:38290)

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ChEBI Name	L-ascorbate

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:38290

ChEBI ASCII Name	L-ascorbate

Definition	The L-enantiomer of ascorbate and conjugate base of L-ascorbic acid, arising from selective deprotonation of the 3-hydroxy group. Required for a range of essential metabolic reactions in all animals and plants.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:13082, CHEBI:13861

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Formula

C6H7O6

Net Charge

-1

Average Mass

175.11618

Monoisotopic Mass

175.02481

InChI

InChI=1S/C6H8O6/c7-1-2(8)5-3(9)4(10)6(11)12-5/h2,5,7-10H,1H2/p-1/t2-,5+/m0/s1

InChIKey

CIWBSHSKHKDKBQ-JLAZNSOCSA-M

SMILES

[H][C@@]1(OC(=O)C(O)=C1[O-])[C@@H](O)CO

Metabolite of Species	Details
Daphnia magna (NCBI:txid35525)	See: Mixtures of similarly acting compounds in Daphnia magna: From gene to metabolite and beyondTine Vandenbrouck, Oliver A.H. Jones, Nathalie Dom, Julian L. Griffin, Wim De CoenEnvironment International 36 (2010) 254-268
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606)	See: DOI

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	antioxidant A substance that opposes oxidation or inhibits reactions brought about by dioxygen or peroxides. (via ascorbate )

Biological Role(s):	Daphnia magna metabolite A Daphnia metabolite produced by the species Daphnia magna. human metabolite Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens). cofactor An organic molecule or ion (usually a metal ion) that is required by an enzyme for its activity. It may be attached either loosely (coenzyme) or tightly (prosthetic group). water-soluble vitamin (role) Any vitamin that dissolves in water and readily absorbed into tissues for immediate use. Unlike the fat-soluble vitamins, they are not stored in the body and need to be replenished regularly in the diet and will rarely accumulate to toxic levels since they are quickly excreted from the body via urine. (via vitamin C )

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	L-ascorbate (CHEBI:38290) has role Daphnia magna metabolite (CHEBI:83056) L-ascorbate (CHEBI:38290) has role cofactor (CHEBI:23357) L-ascorbate (CHEBI:38290) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746) L-ascorbate (CHEBI:38290) is a ascorbate (CHEBI:22651) L-ascorbate (CHEBI:38290) is a vitamin C (CHEBI:176783) L-ascorbate (CHEBI:38290) is conjugate base of L-ascorbic acid (CHEBI:29073)

Incoming	sodium ascorbate (CHEBI:113451) has part L-ascorbate (CHEBI:38290) L-ascorbic acid (CHEBI:29073) is conjugate acid of L-ascorbate (CHEBI:38290)

IUPAC Name

(2R)-2-[(1S)-1,2-dihydroxyethyl]-4-hydroxy-5-oxo-2,5-dihydrofuran-3-olate

Last Modified

03 August 2021