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lactone

class of compounds; cyclic ester
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lactone

Summary

lactone is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. lactone draws 206 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #109 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • lactone's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • lactone's GND ID is recorded as 4166378-0[4].
  • lactone's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85073870[5].
  • lactone's subclass of is recorded as carboxylate ester[6].
  • lactone's subclass of is recorded as oxacycle[7].
  • lactone's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00569268[8].
  • lactone's part of is recorded as lactone metabolic process[9].
  • lactone's part of is recorded as lactone catabolic process[10].
  • lactone's part of is recorded as lactone biosynthetic process[11].
  • lactone's part of is recorded as organic substance transport[12].
  • lactone's part of is recorded as transmembrane transporter activity[13].
  • lactone's Commons category is recorded as Lactones[14].
  • lactone's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D007783[15].
  • lactone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rr5f[16].
  • lactone's MeSH tree code is recorded as D02.540[17].
  • lactone's ChEBI ID is recorded as 25000[18].
  • lactone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lactones[19].
  • lactone's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 950464[20].
  • lactone's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • lactone's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22].
  • lactone's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/lactone[23].
  • lactone's NALT ID is recorded as 14126[24].
  • lactone's LIPID MAPS ID is recorded as LMFA0704[25].
  • lactone's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0022947[26].
  • lactone's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as lactones-olides[27].

Why It Matters

lactone draws 206 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #109 of 1,029).[2] lactone has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] lactone is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . 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.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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