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Record Information
Version5.0
StatusExpected but not Quantified
Creation Date2014-04-11 22:17:08 UTC
Update Date2021-09-14 14:59:01 UTC
HMDB IDHMDB0061658
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • HMDB61658
Metabolite Identification
Common Name3-Hydroxyhexadecanoic acid
Description3-Hydroxyhexadecanoic acid, also known as (S)-beta-hydroxypalmitic acid or (S)-β-hydroxypalmitate, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as long-chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains between 13 and 21 carbon atoms. Based on a literature review a significant number of articles have been published on 3-Hydroxyhexadecanoic acid.
Structure
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Synonyms
Chemical FormulaC16H32O3
Average Molecular Weight272.429
Monoisotopic Molecular Weight272.23514489
IUPAC Name(3S)-3-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid
Traditional Name(S)-3-hydroxypalmitic acid
CAS Registry Number83780-74-9
SMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCCC[C@H](O)CC(O)=O
InChI Identifier
InChI=1S/C16H32O3/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-15(17)14-16(18)19/h15,17H,2-14H2,1H3,(H,18,19)/t15-/m0/s1
InChI KeyCBWALJHXHCJYTE-HNNXBMFYSA-N
Chemical Taxonomy
Description Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as long-chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains between 13 and 21 carbon atoms.
KingdomOrganic compounds
Super ClassLipids and lipid-like molecules
ClassFatty Acyls
Sub ClassFatty acids and conjugates
Direct ParentLong-chain fatty acids
Alternative Parents
Substituents
  • Long-chain fatty acid
  • Hydroxy fatty acid
  • Beta-hydroxy acid
  • Hydroxy acid
  • Secondary alcohol
  • Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives
  • Carboxylic acid
  • Carboxylic acid derivative
  • Organic oxygen compound
  • Organic oxide
  • Hydrocarbon derivative
  • Organooxygen compound
  • Carbonyl group
  • Alcohol
  • Aliphatic acyclic compound
Molecular FrameworkAliphatic acyclic compounds
External Descriptors
Ontology
Physiological effectNot Available
Disposition
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Physical Properties
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Experimental Molecular Properties
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Boiling PointNot AvailableNot Available
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LogPNot AvailableNot Available
Experimental Chromatographic PropertiesNot Available
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Spectra
Biological Properties
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Biospecimen LocationsNot Available
Tissue LocationsNot Available
Pathways
Normal Concentrations
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Abnormal Concentrations
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Associated Disorders and Diseases
Disease ReferencesNone
Associated OMIM IDsNone
DrugBank IDNot Available
Phenol Explorer Compound IDNot Available
FooDB IDNot Available
KNApSAcK IDNot Available
Chemspider ID9164599
KEGG Compound IDNot Available
BioCyc IDNot Available
BiGG IDNot Available
Wikipedia LinkNot Available
METLIN IDNot Available
PubChem Compound10989404
PDB IDNot Available
ChEBI ID37250
Food Biomarker OntologyNot Available
VMH IDNot Available
MarkerDB IDNot Available
Good Scents IDNot Available
References
Synthesis ReferenceNot Available
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)Not Available
General References
  1. Simons K, Toomre D: Lipid rafts and signal transduction. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2000 Oct;1(1):31-9. [PubMed:11413487 ]
  2. Watson AD: Thematic review series: systems biology approaches to metabolic and cardiovascular disorders. Lipidomics: a global approach to lipid analysis in biological systems. J Lipid Res. 2006 Oct;47(10):2101-11. Epub 2006 Aug 10. [PubMed:16902246 ]
  3. Sethi JK, Vidal-Puig AJ: Thematic review series: adipocyte biology. Adipose tissue function and plasticity orchestrate nutritional adaptation. J Lipid Res. 2007 Jun;48(6):1253-62. Epub 2007 Mar 20. [PubMed:17374880 ]
  4. Lingwood D, Simons K: Lipid rafts as a membrane-organizing principle. Science. 2010 Jan 1;327(5961):46-50. doi: 10.1126/science.1174621. [PubMed:20044567 ]
  5. Gunstone, Frank D., John L. Harwood, and Albert J. Dijkstra (2007). The lipid handbook with CD-ROM. CRC Press.
  6. The AOCS Lipid Library [Link]