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ergothioneine

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ergothioneine

Summary

ergothioneine is a type of chemical entity[1]. ergothioneine ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ergothioneine is credited with the discovery of Charles Joseph Tanret[3].
  • ergothioneine's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
  • ergothioneine's chemical structure is recorded as Ergothioneine.svg[5].
  • ergothioneine's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 497-30-3[6].
  • ergothioneine's EC number is recorded as 207-843-5[7].
  • ergothioneine's canonical SMILES is recorded as CN+(C)C(CC1=CNC(=S)N1)C(=O)[O-]N+(C)C(CC1=CNC(=S)N1)C(=O)[O-]">[8].
  • ergothioneine's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C9H15N3O2S/c1-12(2,3)7(8(13)14)4-6-5-10-9(15)11-6/h5,7H,4H2,1-3H3,(H2-,10,11,13,14,15)/t7-/m0/s1[9].
  • ergothioneine's InChIKey is recorded as SSISHJJTAXXQAX-ZETCQYMHSA-N[10].
  • ergothioneine's chemical formula is recorded as C₉H₁₅N₃O₂S[11].
  • ergothioneine's subclass of is recorded as imidazole alkaloid[12].
  • ergothioneine's part of is recorded as ergothioneine metabolic process[13].
  • ergothioneine's part of is recorded as ergothioneine biosynthetic process[14].
  • ergothioneine's part of is recorded as ergothioneine catabolic process[15].
  • ergothioneine's part of is recorded as ergothioneine biosynthesis from N-alpha,N-alpha,N-alpha-trimethyl-L-histidine[16].
  • ergothioneine's Commons category is recorded as Ergothioneine[17].
  • ergothioneine's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D004880[18].
  • ergothioneine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1909-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • ergothioneine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05q74dt[20].
  • ergothioneine's UNII is recorded as BDZ3DQM98W[21].
  • ergothioneine's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 4508619[22].
  • ergothioneine's PubChem CID is recorded as 5351619[23].
  • ergothioneine's PubChem CID is recorded as 57509571[24].
  • ergothioneine's KEGG ID is recorded as C05570[25].
  • ergothioneine's MeSH tree code is recorded as D02.886.489.225[26].
  • ergothioneine's MeSH tree code is recorded as D12.125.072.329.269[27].

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Works and Contributions

ergothioneine is credited with the discovery of Charles Joseph Tanret[3].

Why It Matters

ergothioneine ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).[2] ergothioneine has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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.

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