CHEBI:9171 - skatole

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ChEBI Name skatole
ChEBI ID CHEBI:9171
Definition A methylindole carrying a methyl substituent at position 3. It is produced during the anoxic metabolism of L-tryptophan in the mammalian digestive tract.
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Formula C9H9N
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 131.17450
Monoisotopic Mass 131.07350
InChI InChI=1S/C9H9N/c1-7-6-10-9-5-3-2-4-8(7)9/h2-6,10H,1H3
InChIKey ZFRKQXVRDFCRJG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES Cc1c[nH]c2ccccc12
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): mammalian metabolite
Any animal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in mammals.
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
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Outgoing skatole (CHEBI:9171) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
skatole (CHEBI:9171) has role mammalian metabolite (CHEBI:75768)
skatole (CHEBI:9171) is a methylindole (CHEBI:38460)
IUPAC Name
3-methyl-1H-indole
Synonyms Sources
3-methyl-4,5-benzopyrrole ChemIDplus
3-Methylindole KEGG COMPOUND
β-methylindole NIST Chemistry WebBook
Skatol ChemIDplus
Skatole KEGG COMPOUND
skatole UniProt
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00001430 KNApSAcK
C08313 KEGG COMPOUND
HMDB0000466 HMDB
LSM-3655 LINCS
Skatole Wikipedia
SKATOLE MetaCyc
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
111296 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
111296 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
396961 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
83-34-1 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
83-34-1 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
83-34-1 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
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Last Modified
24 January 2019