sphingosine

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q46298
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sphingosine

Summary

sphingosine is a type of chemical entity[1]. sphingosine ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • sphingosine's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • sphingosine's chemical structure is recorded as Sphingosin2.svg[4].
  • sphingosine's chemical structure is recorded as Sphingosine structure.svg[5].
  • sphingosine's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 123-78-4[6].
  • sphingosine's EC number is recorded as 204-651-3[7].
  • sphingosine's canonical SMILES is recorded as CCCCCCCCCCCCCC=CC(C(CO)N)O[8].
  • sphingosine's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C18H37NO2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-18(21)17(19)16-20/h14-15,17-18,20-21H,2-13,16,19H2,1H3/b15-14+/t17-,18+/m0/s1[9].
  • sphingosine's InChIKey is recorded as WWUZIQQURGPMPG-KRWOKUGFSA-N[10].
  • sphingosine's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85126607[11].
  • sphingosine's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₈H₃₇NO₂[12].
  • sphingosine's subclass of is recorded as 2-aminooctadec-4-ene-1,3-diol[13].
  • sphingosine's part of is recorded as sphingosine metabolic process[14].
  • sphingosine's part of is recorded as sphingosine biosynthetic process[15].
  • sphingosine's part of is recorded as sphingosine catabolic process[16].
  • sphingosine's Commons category is recorded as Sphingosine[17].
  • sphingosine's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D013110[18].
  • sphingosine's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 68339[19].
  • sphingosine's has part is recorded as oxygen[20].
  • sphingosine's has part is recorded as carbon[21].
  • sphingosine's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL67166[22].
  • sphingosine's Guide to Pharmacology Ligand ID is recorded as 2452[23].
  • sphingosine's PDB structure ID is recorded as 3VZB[24].
  • sphingosine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/048yd3[25].
  • sphingosine's UNII is recorded as NGZ37HRE42[26].
  • sphingosine's UNII is recorded as 0Y6SVQ612Q[27].

Why It Matters

sphingosine ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month).[2] sphingosine has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] sphingosine is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . 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] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Global Substance Registration System. 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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