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phytanic acid

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phytanic acid

Summary

phytanic acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • phytanic acid's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • phytanic acid's chemical structure is recorded as Phytanic acid.svg[4].
  • phytanic acid's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 14721-66-5[5].
  • phytanic acid's EC number is recorded as 630-841-4[6].
  • phytanic acid's canonical SMILES is recorded as CC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CC(O)=O[7].
  • phytanic acid's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C20H40O2/c1-16(2)9-6-10-17(3)11-7-12-18(4)13-8-14-19(5)15-20(21)22/h16-19H,6-15H2,1-5H3,(H,21,22)[8].
  • phytanic acid's InChIKey is recorded as RLCKHJSFHOZMDR-UHFFFAOYSA-N[9].
  • phytanic acid's chemical formula is recorded as C₂₀H₄₀O₂[10].
  • phytanic acid's subclass of is recorded as phytane diterpenoid[11].
  • phytanic acid's part of is recorded as phytanic acid metabolic process[12].
  • phytanic acid's Commons category is recorded as Phytanic acid[13].
  • phytanic acid's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D010831[14].
  • phytanic acid's has part is recorded as oxygen[15].
  • phytanic acid's has part is recorded as carbon[16].
  • phytanic acid's Guide to Pharmacology Ligand ID is recorded as 2813[17].
  • phytanic acid's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d3m4f[18].
  • phytanic acid's PubChem CID is recorded as 26840[19].
  • phytanic acid's KEGG ID is recorded as C01607[20].
  • phytanic acid's MeSH tree code is recorded as D02.455.849.291.515[21].
  • phytanic acid's ChEBI ID is recorded as 16285[22].
  • phytanic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Aplysina lacunosa[23].
  • phytanic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Aplysina fistularis[24].
  • phytanic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Homo sapiens[25].
  • phytanic acid's Human Metabolome Database ID is recorded as HMDB0000801[26].
  • phytanic acid's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+312.5304'}[27].

Why It Matters

phytanic acid ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . CAS Common Chemistry. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ChEBI release 2020-09-01. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Isolation and characterization of novel 2-hydroxy fatty acids from the phospholipids of the sponge Smenospongia aurea. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Isolation and characterization of novel 2-hydroxy fatty acids from the phospholipids of the sponge Smenospongia aurea. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Recon 2.2: from reconstruction to model of human metabolism. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . 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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