methyl tetradecanoate (CHEBI:89199)

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ChEBI Name	methyl tetradecanoate

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:89199

Definition	A fatty acid methyl ester resulting from the formal condensation of the carboxy group of tetradecanoic acid (myristic acid) with methanol.

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

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Formula

C15H30O2

Net Charge

Average Mass

242.398

Monoisotopic Mass

242.22458

InChI

InChI=1S/C15H30O2/c1-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15(16)17-2/h3-14H2,1-2H3

InChIKey

ZAZKJZBWRNNLDS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(CCCCCCCC)CCCCC(OC)=O

Metabolite of Species	Details
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606)	Found in saliva (UBERON:0001836). 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.

Application(s):	flavouring agent A food additive that is used to added improve the taste or odour of a food. fragrance A substance, extract, or preparation for diffusing or imparting an agreeable or attractive smell.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	methyl tetradecanoate (CHEBI:89199) has functional parent tetradecanoic acid (CHEBI:28875) methyl tetradecanoate (CHEBI:89199) has role flavouring agent (CHEBI:35617) methyl tetradecanoate (CHEBI:89199) has role fragrance (CHEBI:48318) methyl tetradecanoate (CHEBI:89199) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924) methyl tetradecanoate (CHEBI:89199) is a fatty acid methyl ester (CHEBI:4986)

IUPAC Name

methyl tetradecanoate

Synonyms	Sources
methyl myristate	ChemIDplus
methyl n-tetradecanoate	ChemIDplus
myristic acid methyl ester	ChemIDplus
myristic acid, methyl ester	ChemIDplus
tetradecanoic acid, methyl ester	ChemIDplus

Last Modified

28 November 2018