MOLECULE
Caproic acid
Hexanoic acid is a C6, straight-chain saturated fatty acid. It has a role as a plant metabolite and a human metabolite. It is a straight-chain saturated fatty acid and a medium-chain fatty acid. It is a conjugate acid of a hexanoate.
Summary from ChEBI, via PubChem.
Identity
Chemistry
- Formula
- C6H12O2
- Molecular weight
- 116.16 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- hexanoic acid
- InChIKey
- FUZZWVXGSFPDMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCC(=O)O
- PubChem
- CID 8892 ↗
Provenance
Contributing sources
- PubChem
- ChEBI
- LOTUS
Natural occurrence
Found in
- Mango 4
- Saw palmetto 3
- Strawberry 2
- Human 2
- Green Tree Ant 2
- Wild Cherry 2
- A. simplex 1
- Soursop 1
- Thale cress 1
- A. xerophytica 1
- C. elegans 1
- Chinese white olive 1
- C. annuum var. annuum 1
- Papaya 1
- C. obliqua 1
- C. plicata 1
- Dyer's Litmus 1
- C. verbascifolia 1
- C. simplex 1
- C. sativus 1
- C. erectus 1
- D. odora 1
- D. alba 1
- Leichhardt's datura 1
- D. metel 1
- D. staphisagria 1
- Antarctic hair grass 1
- Yam 1
- Philadelphia fleabane 1
- E. coli 1
- Tasmanian bluegum 1
- E. tithymaloides 1
- Ring lichen 1
- F. arundinacea 1
- Red fescue 1
- Freesia ×hybrida 1
- Lacquered bracket 1
- Gourka 1
- G. heterocarpum 1
- Cultivated licorice 1
- H. leiantha 1
- H. paniculata 1
- Hops 1
- Orangegrass 1
- H. japonicum 1
- Iris 1
- Least lettuce 1
- Japanese Big Leaf Magnolia 1
- Lucerne 1
- Balm 1
- Indian mulberry 1
- Tobacco 1
- Evening primrose 1
- Sweet scented geranium 1
- Scarlet runner 1
- Templetree 1
- Seneca snakeroot 1
- Apricot 1
- European plum 1
- Peach 1
- Pomegranate 1
- Coast Live Oak 1
- Roseroot stonecrop 1
- R. mucronulatum 1
- R. sichotense 1
- R. officinalis 1
- Dwarf Palmetto 1
- S. involucrata 1
- Tomato 1
- Hog plum 1
- S. macrosperma 1
- Streptomyces 1
- Queen palm 1
- Berseem clover 1
- T. citrina 1
- Coltsfoot 1
- Black haw 1
77 organisms, ranked by how many independent papers report the compound in each. Occurrence data from LOTUS, across 71 references.
Pharmacology
Protein interactions
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estrogen-related nuclear receptor alpha Potency 54.5381 uM
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cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily C, polypeptide 19 Potency 71.0957 uM
Laboratory measurements of the compound at its own doses. They do not describe any product that contains it.
Reported associations
Disease associations
Associations recorded for the compound itself. A metabolomics association means it was detected or studied in that condition, not that it treats or causes it; an occupational entry describes a hazard of exposure. Neither is a therapeutic claim about any product.
Evidence
Literature
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Caproic acid production from food waste using indigenous microbiota: Performance and mechanisms
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Caproiciproducens converts lactic acid into caproic acid during Chinese strong-flavor Baijiu brewing
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Co-fermenting lactic acid and glucose towards caproic acid production
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Efficient caproic acid production from lignocellulosic biomass by bio-augmented mixed microorganisms
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GC-MS Analysis of Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Feces, Cecum Content, and Blood Samples