Mead acid (BioCAD00000013765)

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Metabolite Card

Formula: C20H34O2 (306.2559)
SMILES: CCCCCCCCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCC(=O)O

Synonyms [en]

5Z,8Z,11Z-eicosatrienoic acid; 5(Z),8(Z),11(Z)-Eicosatrienoic Acid; 5,8,11-eicosatrienoic acid; (5Z,8Z,11Z)-Eicosatrienoate; (5Z,8Z,11Z)-icosa-5,8,11-trienoic acid; (5Z,8Z,11Z)-icosatrienoic acid

Reviewed

Last reviewed on 2024-06-28.

Cite this Page

Mead acid. 数据之源，洞见之始. SMRUCC genomics institute, a synthetic life researcher from China. https://biocad_registry.innovation.ac.cn/s/(-)-arctiin (retrieved 2026-01-03) (CAD Registry RN: BioCAD00000013765). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Note

(5Z,8Z,11Z)-icosatrienoic acid is a 5,8,11-eicosatrienoic acid in which all three double bonds adopt cis-configuration. It is a conjugate acid of a (5Z,8Z,11Z)-icosatrienoate. Mead Acid is a polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with a 20-carbon backbone and 3 double bonds, originating from the 9th, 12th and 15th positions from the methyl end, with all bonds in the cis- configuration.

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DBLinks

Other DBLinks
  • CAS Registry Number: 20590-32-3
  • PubChem: 5312531
  • ChEBI: ChEBI:72865
  • HMDB: HMDB0010378
  • LipidMaps: LMFA01030381
  • KEGG: C21938
  • NCBI MeSH: mead acid
  • Wikipedia: Mead_acid
  • Metlin: METLIN_35045

Class / Ontology

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Pathway Synthetic

pathway id name
WikiPathways:WP4491 Elongation of (very) long chain fatty acids
WikiPathways:WP4724 Omega-9 fatty acid synthesis
WikiPathways:WP4351 Omega-9 fatty acid synthesis
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