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Record Information
Version5.0
StatusDetected and Quantified
Creation Date2006-05-22 14:17:35 UTC
Update Date2022-03-07 02:49:12 UTC
HMDB IDHMDB0002068
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • HMDB02068
Metabolite Identification
Common NameErucic acid
DescriptionErucic acid is a 22-carbon, monounsaturated omega-9 fatty acid found mainly in the Brassica family of plants such as canola, rapeseed, wallflower seed, mustard seed as well as Brussels spouts and broccoli. Some Brassica cultivars can have up to 40 to 50 percent of their oil recovered as erucic acid. Erucic acid is also known as cis-13-docosenoic acid. The trans isomer is known as brassidic acid. Erucic acid occurs in nature only along with bitter-tasting compounds. Erucic acid has many of the same uses as mineral oils but with the advantage that it is more readily bio-degradable. Its high tolerance to temperature makes it suitable for transmission oil. Erucic acid’s ability to polymerize and dry means it can be - and is - used as a binder for oil paints. Increased levels of eicosenoic acid (20:Ln9) and erucic acid (22:1N9) have been found in the red blood cell membranes of autistic subjects with developmental regression (PMID: 16581239 ). Erucic acid is broken down long-chain acyl-coenzyme A (CoA) dehydrogenase, which is produced in the liver. This enzyme breaks this long chain fatty acid into shorter-chain fatty acids. Human infants have relatively low amounts of this enzyme and because of this, babies should not be given foods high in erucic acid. Food-grade rapeseed oil (also known as canola oil) is regulated to a maximum of 2% erucic acid by weight in the US and 5% in the EU, with special regulations for infant food. Canola was bred from rapeseed cultivars of B. napus and B. rapa at the University of Manitoba, Canada. Canola oil is derived from a variety of rapeseed that is low in erucic acid.
Structure
Thumb
Synonyms
Chemical FormulaC22H42O2
Average Molecular Weight338.5677
Monoisotopic Molecular Weight338.318480588
IUPAC Name(13Z)-docos-13-enoic acid
Traditional Nameerucic acid
CAS Registry Number112-86-7
SMILES
CCCCCCCC\C=C/CCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O
InChI Identifier
InChI=1S/C22H42O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22(23)24/h9-10H,2-8,11-21H2,1H3,(H,23,24)/b10-9-
InChI KeyDPUOLQHDNGRHBS-KTKRTIGZSA-N
Chemical Taxonomy
Description Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as very long-chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains at least 22 carbon atoms.
KingdomOrganic compounds
Super ClassLipids and lipid-like molecules
ClassFatty Acyls
Sub ClassFatty acids and conjugates
Direct ParentVery long-chain fatty acids
Alternative Parents
Substituents
  • Very long-chain fatty acid
  • Unsaturated fatty acid
  • Straight chain fatty acid
  • Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives
  • Carboxylic acid
  • Carboxylic acid derivative
  • Organic oxygen compound
  • Organic oxide
  • Hydrocarbon derivative
  • Organooxygen compound
  • Carbonyl group
  • Aliphatic acyclic compound
Molecular FrameworkAliphatic acyclic compounds
External Descriptors
Ontology
Physiological effectNot Available
Disposition
Biological locationSource
Process
Naturally occurring process
Role
Physical Properties
StateLiquid
Experimental Molecular Properties
PropertyValueReference
Melting Point33.5 °CNot Available
Boiling Point386.15 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg (est)The Good Scents Company Information System
Water Solubility9.5e-05 mg/L @ 25 °C (est)The Good Scents Company Information System
LogP9.459 (est)The Good Scents Company Information System
Experimental Chromatographic Properties

Experimental Collision Cross Sections

Adduct TypeData SourceCCS Value (Å2)Reference
[M-H]-MetCCS_train_neg188.50230932474
[M-H]-Not Available188.502http://allccs.zhulab.cn/database/detail?ID=AllCCS00000261
Predicted Molecular Properties
Predicted Chromatographic Properties
Spectra
Biological Properties
Cellular Locations
  • Extracellular
  • Membrane (predicted from logP)
Biospecimen Locations
  • Blood
  • Feces
Tissue Locations
  • Adrenal Gland
  • Placenta
Pathways
Normal Concentrations
BiospecimenStatusValueAgeSexConditionReferenceDetails
BloodDetected and Quantified1.264 +/- 1.590 uMAdult (>18 years old)BothNormal details
BloodDetected and Quantified0.028 +/- 0.002 uMAdult (>18 years old)BothNormal details
BloodDetected and Quantified20.2 +/- 6.8 uMAdult (>18 years old)Not Specified
Normal
details
FecesDetected but not QuantifiedNot QuantifiedAdult (>18 years old)Both
Normal
details
Abnormal Concentrations
BiospecimenStatusValueAgeSexConditionReferenceDetails
BloodDetected and Quantified150.0 (125.0-160.0) uMAdult (>18 years old)BothAdrenomyeloneuropathy details
BloodDetected and Quantified3.4 +/- 2.2 uMAdult (>18 years old)Not Specified
Isovaleric acidemia
details
FecesDetected but not QuantifiedNot QuantifiedAdult (>18 years old)BothColorectal Cancer details
Associated Disorders and Diseases
Disease References
Adrenomyeloneuropathy
  1. Aubourg P, Adamsbaum C, Lavallard-Rousseau MC, Rocchiccioli F, Cartier N, Jambaque I, Jakobezak C, Lemaitre A, Boureau F, Wolf C, et al.: A two-year trial of oleic and erucic acids ("Lorenzo's oil") as treatment for adrenomyeloneuropathy. N Engl J Med. 1993 Sep 9;329(11):745-52. [PubMed:8350883 ]
Isovaleric acidemia
  1. Dercksen M, Kulik W, Mienie LJ, Reinecke CJ, Wanders RJ, Duran M: Polyunsaturated fatty acid status in treated isovaleric acidemia patients. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2016 Oct;70(10):1123-1126. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2016.100. Epub 2016 Jun 22. [PubMed:27329611 ]
Colorectal cancer
  1. Brown DG, Rao S, Weir TL, O'Malia J, Bazan M, Brown RJ, Ryan EP: Metabolomics and metabolic pathway networks from human colorectal cancers, adjacent mucosa, and stool. Cancer Metab. 2016 Jun 6;4:11. doi: 10.1186/s40170-016-0151-y. eCollection 2016. [PubMed:27275383 ]
Associated OMIM IDs
DrugBank IDNot Available
Phenol Explorer Compound IDNot Available
FooDB IDFDB004287
KNApSAcK IDC00001217
Chemspider ID4444561
KEGG Compound IDC08316
BioCyc IDCPD-14292
BiGG IDNot Available
Wikipedia LinkErucic_acid
METLIN ID6470
PubChem Compound5281116
PDB IDNot Available
ChEBI ID28792
Food Biomarker OntologyNot Available
VMH IDDOCO13AC
MarkerDB IDMDB00000374
Good Scents IDrw1242821
References
Synthesis ReferenceNot Available
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)Not Available
General References
  1. Rizzo WB, Leshner RT, Odone A, Dammann AL, Craft DA, Jensen ME, Jennings SS, Davis S, Jaitly R, Sgro JA: Dietary erucic acid therapy for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. Neurology. 1989 Nov;39(11):1415-22. [PubMed:2682348 ]
  2. Bu B, Ashwood P, Harvey D, King IB, Water JV, Jin LW: Fatty acid compositions of red blood cell phospholipids in children with autism. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2006 Apr;74(4):215-21. [PubMed:16581239 ]
  3. Elshenawy S, Pinney SE, Stuart T, Doulias PT, Zura G, Parry S, Elovitz MA, Bennett MJ, Bansal A, Strauss JF 3rd, Ischiropoulos H, Simmons RA: The Metabolomic Signature of the Placenta in Spontaneous Preterm Birth. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Feb 4;21(3). pii: ijms21031043. doi: 10.3390/ijms21031043. [PubMed:32033212 ]