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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C25H50O2
Molecular Weight 382.6633
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of PENTACOSANOIC ACID

SMILES

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O

InChI

InChIKey=MWMPEAHGUXCSMY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C25H50O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25(26)27/h2-24H2,1H3,(H,26,27)

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Description
Curator's Comment: The description was created based on several sources, including https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23357842

Pentacosanoic Acid is a long-chain saturated monobasic fatty acid with an odd number of carbon atoms in the chain. Pentacosanoic acid, like most long-chain fatty acids with an odd number of carbon atoms, was found in nature at low concentrations.

Originator

Sources: Brennstoff-Chemie (1922), 3, 177-80,193-8,212-5

Approval Year

Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Diagnostic
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
[Studies on the chemical constituents from the stems of Acanthopanax gracilistylus].
2010-04
Antioxidant Properties of the Methanol Extract of the Wood and Pericarp of Caesalpinia decapetala.
2010-01
[Studies on chemical constituents of Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston].
2002-11
Occurrence of an unusual amount of an odd-numbered fatty acid in glycosphingolipids from human cataracts.
1987-12
The correlation between biochemical and histopathological findings in adrenoleukodystrophy.
1985-08
Patents

Patents

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide
Unknown
Route of Administration: Unknown
In Vitro Use Guide
Unknown
Name Type Language
NSC-89289
Preferred Name English
PENTACOSANOIC ACID
Systematic Name English
N-PENTACOSANOIC ACID
Common Name English
HYENIC ACID
Common Name English
Code System Code Type Description
ECHA (EC/EINECS)
208-036-0
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID8075049
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PUBCHEM
10468
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FDA UNII
4S768OX95G
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WIKIPEDIA
Pentacosylic acid
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CAS
506-38-7
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CHEBI
39420
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NSC
89289
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