CHEBI:16125 - hexadecan-1-ol

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ChEBI Name hexadecan-1-ol
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16125
Definition A long-chain primary fatty alcohol that is hexadecane substituted by a hydroxy group at position 1.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:45015, CHEBI:14396, CHEBI:5696, CHEBI:24538
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Formula C16H34O
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 242.447
Monoisotopic Mass 242.26097
InChI InChI=1S/C16H34O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17/h17H,2-16H2,1H3
InChIKey BXWNKGSJHAJOGX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES C(CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC)O
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) See: MetaboLights Study
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (NCBI:txid3055) See: PubMed
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (NCBI:txid3055) See: MetaboLights Study
Lotus japonicus (NCBI:txid34305) See: MetaboLights Study
Lotus japonicus (NCBI:txid34305) See: MetaboLights Study
Lotus japonicus (NCBI:txid34305) See: MetaboLights Study
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) Found in faeces (UBERON:0001988). See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
flavouring agent
A food additive that is used to added improve the taste or odour of a food.
algal metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae.
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
Application(s): flavouring agent
A food additive that is used to added improve the taste or odour of a food.
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Outgoing hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125) has role algal metabolite (CHEBI:84735)
hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125) has role flavouring agent (CHEBI:35617)
hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125) is a hexadecanol (CHEBI:197387)
hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125) is a long-chain primary fatty alcohol (CHEBI:77396)
Incoming 1-O-hexadecyl-2-(5-hydroxyvaleroyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (CHEBI:142765) has functional parent hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125)
1-O-hexadecyl-2-(5-oxovaleroyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (CHEBI:142764) has functional parent hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125)
1-palmityl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate(2−) (CHEBI:78385) has functional parent hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125)
14-methylhexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:84920) has functional parent hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125)
hexadecyl benzoate (CHEBI:145972) has functional parent hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125)
hexadecyl elaidate (CHEBI:84072) has functional parent hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125)
palmityl acetate (CHEBI:146185) has functional parent hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125)
palmityl heptadecanoate (CHEBI:84079) has functional parent hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125)
palmityl laurate (CHEBI:84080) has functional parent hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125)
palmityl oleate (CHEBI:75622) has functional parent hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125)
palmityl palmitate (CHEBI:75584) has functional parent hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125)
palmityl palmitoleate (CHEBI:75629) has functional parent hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125)
palmityl stearate (CHEBI:75631) has functional parent hexadecan-1-ol (CHEBI:16125)
IUPAC Name
hexadecan-1-ol
Synonyms Sources
1-cetanol ChemIDplus
1-Hexadecanol KEGG COMPOUND
1-hexadecyl alcohol ChemIDplus
16-Hexadecanol KEGG COMPOUND
cetanol ChemIDplus
Cetyl alcohol KEGG COMPOUND
Cetylalkohol ChEBI
FEMA 2554 ChEBI
HEXADECAN-1-OL PDBeChem
hexadecan-1-ol UniProt
Hexadecanol KEGG COMPOUND
Hexadecanol KEGG COMPOUND
n-1-hexadecanol NIST Chemistry WebBook
n-hexadecyl alcohol ChemIDplus
Palmityl alcohol KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
4750 DrugCentral
C00052572 KNApSAcK
C00823 KEGG COMPOUND
Cetyl_Alcohol Wikipedia
CPD-348 MetaCyc
D00099 KEGG DRUG
DB09494 DrugBank
FDB003051 FooDB
HMDB0003424 HMDB
LMFA05000061 LIPID MAPS
PL3 PDBeChem
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1748475 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
36653-82-4 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
36653-82-4 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
36653-82-4 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
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Last Modified
28 September 2023