MOLECULE
Heptanal
Heptanal is an n-alkanal resulting from the oxidation of the alcoholic hydroxy group of heptan-1-ol to the corresponding aldehyde. An endogenous aldehyde coming from membrane lipid oxidation, it is found in the blood of lung cancer patients and has been regarded as a potential biomarker of lung cancer. It has a role as a biomarker. It is a n-alkanal, a saturated fatty aldehyde and a medium-chain fatty aldehyde.
Summary from ChEBI, via PubChem.
Identity
Chemistry
- Formula
- C7H14O
- Molecular weight
- 114.19 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- heptanal
- InChIKey
- FXHGMKSSBGDXIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCC=O
- PubChem
- CID 8130 ↗
Provenance
Contributing sources
- PubChem
- ChEBI
- LOTUS
Natural occurrence
Found in
- Tomato 4
- Human 3
- Oat 2
- Tea 2
- R. officinalis 2
- Corn 2
- Greater burdock 1
- Rooibos 1
- A. scaber 1
- Daisy 1
- Hemp 1
- Papaya 1
- C. cuspidata 1
- C. oltensis 1
- C. sessilis 1
- Centella 1
- C. smithi 1
- Coontail 1
- Pink rock-rose 1
- C. deliciosa 1
- Mandarin orange 1
- C. wilsonii 1
- Cannonball Tree 1
- D. odora 1
- Wild Carrot 1
- E. tenuifolia 1
- E. expansum 1
- Fitweed 1
- E. pandanifolium 1
- E. rostratum 1
- E. vesiculosum 1
- F. arundinacea 1
- Red fescue 1
- Lacquered bracket 1
- Giraffe 1
- Cotton 1
- L. japonica 1
- L. resedifolia 1
- L. lucens 1
- P. villosa 1
- Dove orchid 1
- Anise burnet saxifrage 1
- P. dumerilii 1
- Templetree 1
- Seneca snakeroot 1
- Wild Cherry 1
- Sweet almond 1
- Roseroot stonecrop 1
- Damask rose 1
- French rose 1
- S. hispida 1
- Muster John Henry 1
- T. leucocladum 1
- Sickle-fruit Fenugreek 1
- Common wheat 1
- V. ashei 1
- Highbush blueberry 1
- American Cranberry 1
- Swamp Blueberry 1
- Cowberry 1
- Japanese ginger 1
61 organisms, ranked by how many independent papers report the compound in each. Occurrence data from LOTUS, across 60 references.
Pharmacology
Protein interactions
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cytochrome P450 2D6 Potency 17.8293 uM
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cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily C, polypeptide 19 Potency 39.9149 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