MOLECULE
Octanol
Octan-1-ol is an octanol carrying the hydroxy group at position 1. It has a role as an antifungal agent, a fuel additive, a plant metabolite, a bacterial metabolite and a kairomone. It is a primary alcohol and an octanol.
Summary from ChEBI, via PubChem.
Identity
Chemistry
- Formula
- C8H18O
- Molecular weight
- 130.23 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- octan-1-ol
- InChIKey
- KBPLFHHGFOOTCA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCO
- PubChem
- CID 957 ↗
Provenance
Contributing sources
- PubChem
- ChEBI
- LOTUS
Natural occurrence
Found in
- C. deliciosa 3
- Mandarin orange 3
- Corn 3
- A. flavus 2
- Papaya 2
- C. unshiu 2
- Human 2
- Shiitake 2
- Green Tree Ant 2
- R. crenulata 2
- S. amasiaca 2
- Muster John Henry 2
- T. longicaulis 2
- A. grayi 1
- A. macrostemon 1
- A. latilabris 1
- A. aciphylla 1
- Rooibos 1
- A. scaber 1
- A. buxifolia 1
- Oat 1
- Carambola 1
- Daisy 1
- B. carteri 1
- Elephant tree 1
- Frankincense 1
- Hemp 1
- C. parviflorum 1
- C. cuspidata 1
- C. ambiguum 1
- Cultivated endive 1
- Pink rock-rose 1
- Watermelon 1
- C. iyo 1
- Coriander 1
- Cannonball Tree 1
- Nut-grass 1
- D. odora 1
- D. officinale 1
- E. manipuliflora 1
- E. coli 1
- Hemp-agrimony 1
- F. arundinacea 1
- Red fescue 1
- Freesia ×hybrida 1
- American silvertop 1
- American witchhazel 1
- H. ambiguum 1
- H. antasiaticum 1
- H. persicum 1
- H. stevenii 1
- Yerba Maté 1
- L. resedifolia 1
- Japanese Big Leaf Magnolia 1
- M. domestica 1
- Apple 1
- Love Apple 1
- Mandrake 1
- Lucerne 1
- Horse Mint 1
- Spearmint 1
- Microcitrus 1
- Sweet basil 1
- Early spider-orchid 1
- Indian-fig 1
- O. cordifolium 1
- P. villosa 1
- P. elongata var. floribunda 1
- P. endlicherianum 1
- Avocado 1
- Kidney bean 1
- Bayrumtree 1
- P. africanum 1
- Oyster mushroom 1
- Templetree 1
- Seneca snakeroot 1
- Hardy orange 1
- Wild Cherry 1
- Sweet almond 1
- Guava 1
- Pomegranate 1
- Roseroot stonecrop 1
- R. officinalis 1
- Winter savory 1
- S. berlandieri 1
- S. athoa 1
- S. dichotoma 1
- S. hispida 1
- Simplebeak ironwort 1
- S. tragoriganum 1
- S. incisum 1
- S. stuckertii 1
- Hog plum 1
- Tamarind 1
- T. annuum 1
- Canada yew 1
- T. bentzoe 1
- Myrobalan 1
- T. capitata 1
- Thymus 1
- T. cariensis 1
- T. eriocalyx 1
- T. thracicus 1
- T. zygioides 1
- Mediterranean hartwort 1
- T. matsutake 1
- Common wheat 1
- American Cranberry 1
- Cowberry 1
- Muscadine 1
- V. annua 1
- V. volvacea 1
- Chinese-pepper 1
- Japanese ginger 1
- Ginger 1
115 organisms, ranked by how many independent papers report the compound in each. Occurrence data from LOTUS, across 112 references.
Pharmacology
Protein interactions
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cytochrome P450, family 1, subfamily A, polypeptide 2 Potency 37.0886 uM
Laboratory measurements of the compound at its own doses. They do not describe any product that contains it.
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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Octanol to Treat Essential Tremor completed
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1-Octanol to Treat Essential Tremor completed
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1-Octanol to Treat Essential Tremor completed
4 registered on ClinicalTrials.gov naming this molecule as an intervention. See all terpene trials.
Evidence