Chemical Component Summary | |
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Name | ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID |
Identifiers | (9Z)-octadeca-9,12,15-trienoic acid |
Formula | C18 H30 O2 |
Molecular Weight | 278.43 |
Type | NON-POLYMER |
Isomeric SMILES | CCC=CCC=CC\C=C/CCCCCCCC(=O)O |
InChI | InChI=1S/C18H30O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h3-4,6-7,9-10H,2,5,8,11-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20)/b4-3-,7-6-,10-9- |
InChIKey | DTOSIQBPPRVQHS-PDBXOOCHSA-N |
Chemical Details | |
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Formal Charge | 0 |
Atom Count | 50 |
Chiral Atom Count | 0 |
Bond Count | 49 |
Aromatic Bond Count | 0 |
Drug Info: DrugBank
DrugBank ID | DB00132? |
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Name | alpha-Linolenic acid |
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Description | Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) is a polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acid. It is a component of many common vegetable oils and is important to human nutrition. |
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Indication | For nutritional supplementation and for treating dietary shortage or imbalance. |
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CAS number | 463-40-1 |
Drug Targets
Name | Target Sequence | Pharmacological Action | Actions |
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Fatty acid desaturase 1 | MAPDPVAAETAAQGPTPRYFTWDEVAQRSGCEERWLVIDRKVYNISEFTR... | unknown | ligand |
Fatty acid desaturase 2 | MGKGGNQGEGAAEREVSVPTFSWEEIQKHNLRTDRWLVIDRKVYNITKWS... | unknown | ligand |
Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 | MKKWSSTDLGAAADPLQKDTCPDPLDGDPNSRPPPAKPQLSTAKSRTRLF... | unknown | inhibitor |
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha | MVDTESPLCPLSPLEAGDLESPLSEEFLQEMGNIQEISQSIGEDSSGSFG... | unknown | |
Bile acid receptor | MVMQFQGLENPIQISPHCSCTPSGFFMEMMSMKPAKGVLTEQVAGPLGQN... | unknown | agonist |
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Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison
T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682
Related Resource References
Resource Name | Reference |
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Pharos | CHEMBL8739 |
PubChem | 5280934 |
ChEMBL | CHEMBL8739 |
ChEBI | CHEBI:27432 |