Sapienic acid (BioCAD00000017552)

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Metabolite Card

Formula: C16H30O2 (254.2246)
SMILES: CCCCCCCCCC=CCCCCC(=O)O

Synonyms [en]

6Z-hexadecenoic acid; Sapienic acid; (6Z)-Hexadecenoic acid; (Z)-hexadec-6-enoic acid; 16:1omega10; (6Z)-hexadec-6-enoic acid

Reviewed

Last reviewed on 2024-06-28.

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Sapienic 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: BioCAD00000017552). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Note

Sapienic acid is a hexadecenoic acid in which the double bond is located at position 6 (the Z-geoisomer). A major component of human sebaceous lipids that is involved in skin self-sterilisation and atopic dermatitis amelioration. It has a role as an antibacterial agent, an antipsoriatic and a metabolite. It is a conjugate acid of a sapienate.

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DBLinks

Other DBLinks
  • CAS Registry Number: 17004-51-2
  • PubChem: 5312419
  • PubChem: 53439202
  • ChEBI: ChEBI:76244
  • HMDB: HMDB0257483
  • LipidMaps: LMFA01030267
  • KEGG: C21942
  • NCBI MeSH: delta(6)-hexadecenoic acid
  • Wikipedia: Sapienic_acid
  • Metlin: METLIN_34931
  • Metlin: METLIN_73942

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Pathway Synthetic

pathway id name
WikiPathways:WP5315 Sebaleic acid formation and metabolism
WikiPathways:WP4491 Elongation of (very) long chain fatty acids
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