MOLECULE
Octane
Octane is a straight chain alkane composed of 8 carbon atoms. It has a role as a xenobiotic.
Summary from ChEBI, via PubChem.
Identity
Chemistry
- Formula
- C8H18
- Molecular weight
- 114.23 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- octane
- InChIKey
- TVMXDCGIABBOFY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCC
- PubChem
- CID 356 ↗
Provenance
Contributing sources
- PubChem
- ChEBI
- LOTUS
Natural occurrence
Found in
- S. chamaejasme 2
- Tropical whiteweed 1
- A. scaber 1
- A. linifolia 1
- C. cuspidata 1
- C. zizanioides 1
- African Oil Palm 1
- Strawberry 1
- Mangostan 1
- Giraffe 1
- American witchhazel 1
- Hops 1
- Mango 1
- Sapodilla 1
- Raceme catnip 1
- Fine-leaved Water-dropwort 1
- Olive 1
- Rice 1
- Avocado 1
- Guava 1
- S. dichotoma 1
- T. longicaulis 1
- Ginger 1
23 organisms, ranked by how many independent papers report the compound in each. Occurrence data from LOTUS, across 24 references.
Reported associations
Disease associations
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Solvents, acute toxic effect Acute Poisoning
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.
Human evidence in progress
Registered clinical trials
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Optical Coherence Tomography And NEphropathy: The OCTANE Study recruiting
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Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Octane Aether for Treating Chronic Low Back Pain not yet recruiting
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OCTANE: Adjuvant Liposomal Doxorubicin and Carboplatin for Early-stage Triple-negative Breast Cancer active not recruiting
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Evaluating Cognitive and Functional Impairment in Alzheimer's Dementia With a Ketogenic Diet. completed
5 registered on ClinicalTrials.gov naming this molecule as an intervention. See all terpene trials.
Evidence