methylpyrazine (CHEBI:89015)

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ChEBI Name	methylpyrazine

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:89015

Definition	A member of the class of pyrazines that is pyrazine in which one of the hydrogens is replaced by a methyl group. It is a flavouring agent found in coffee, peanuts and red peppers.

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

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Formula

C5H6N2

Net Charge

Average Mass

94.117

Monoisotopic Mass

94.05310

InChI

InChI=1S/C5H6N2/c1-5-4-6-2-3-7-5/h2-4H,1H3

InChIKey

CAWHJQAVHZEVTJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CC1=CN=CC=N1

Metabolite of Species	Details
Coffea arabica (NCBI:txid13443)	See: PubMed
Corylus avellana (NCBI:txid13451)	See: PubMed
Bacillus subtilis (NCBI:txid1423)	See: 34827734
Arachis hypogaea (NCBI:txid3818)	See: PubMed
Capsicum annuum (NCBI:txid4072)	See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606)	Found in faeces (UBERON:0001988). See: PubMed

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	Maillard reaction product Any thermal degradation product obtained as a result of a chemical reaction between an amino acid and a reducing sugar (Maillard reaction, a non-enzymatic browning procedure that usually imparts flavour to starch-based food products).

Biological Role(s):	flavouring agent A food additive that is used to added improve the taste or odour of a food. plant metabolite Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.

Application(s):	flavouring agent A food additive that is used to added improve the taste or odour of a food.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	methylpyrazine (CHEBI:89015) has role flavouring agent (CHEBI:35617) methylpyrazine (CHEBI:89015) has role Maillard reaction product (CHEBI:77523) methylpyrazine (CHEBI:89015) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924) methylpyrazine (CHEBI:89015) is a pyrazines (CHEBI:38314)

IUPAC Name

2-methylpyrazine

Last Modified

12 May 2022