creatine

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q223600
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creatine

Summary

creatine is a type of chemical entity[1]. creatine ranks in the top 0.3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,974 views/month, #38 of 12,596).[2]

Key Facts

  • creatine's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • creatine's canonical SMILES is recorded as CN(CC(=O)O)C(=N)N[4].
  • creatine's chemical formula is recorded as C₄H₉N₃O₂[5].
  • creatine is a type of amino acid[6].
  • creatine is part of creatine metabolic process[7].
  • creatine is part of creatine biosynthetic process[8].
  • creatine is part of glycine catabolic process to creatine[9].
  • creatine is part of creatine transmembrane transporter activity[10].
  • creatine is part of creatine:sodium symporter activity[11].
  • creatine is part of creatine transmembrane transport[12].
  • creatine is used for medication[13].
  • creatine is used for nootropic[14].
  • creatine is used for bodybuilding supplement[15].
  • creatine's Commons category is recorded as Creatine[16].
  • creatine comprises nitrogen[17].
  • creatine comprises carbon[18].
  • creatine's found in taxon is recorded as Homo sapiens[19].
  • creatine's found in taxon is recorded as Dusky shark[20].
  • creatine's found in taxon is recorded as Citrus reticulata[21].
  • creatine's found in taxon is recorded as Citrus unshiu[22].
  • creatine's found in taxon is recorded as Diospyros virginiana[23].
  • creatine's found in taxon is recorded as Eriobotrya japonica[24].
  • creatine's found in taxon is recorded as Malus pumila[25].
  • creatine's found in taxon is recorded as Prunus persica[26].
  • creatine's found in taxon is recorded as Tussilago farfara[27].

Why It Matters

creatine ranks in the top 0.3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,974 views/month, #38 of 12,596).[2] creatine has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] creatine is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . DrugBank. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . menshealth.com. Retrieved . menshealth.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Recon 2.2: from reconstruction to model of human metabolism. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Isolation, crystal structure and synthesis of arsenobetaine, a constituent of the western rock lobster, the dusky shark, and some samples of human urine. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Guanidine Compounds in Fruit Trees and Their Seasonal Variations in Citrus (Citrus unshiu Marc.). wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Guanidine Compounds in Fruit Trees and Their Seasonal Variations in Citrus (Citrus unshiu Marc.). wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Guanidine Compounds in Fruit Trees and Their Seasonal Variations in Citrus (Citrus unshiu Marc.). wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Guanidine Compounds in Fruit Trees and Their Seasonal Variations in Citrus (Citrus unshiu Marc.). wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Guanidine Compounds in Fruit Trees and Their Seasonal Variations in Citrus (Citrus unshiu Marc.). wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Guanidine Compounds in Fruit Trees and Their Seasonal Variations in Citrus (Citrus unshiu Marc.). wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Metabolic Fingerprinting of Tussilago farfara L. Using 1H‐NMR Spectroscopy and Multivariate Data Analysis. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from creatinine
    Aliases
    Part of creatine metabolic process, creatine biosynthetic process, glycine catabolic process to creatine +3
    Instance of
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531263405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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