FComEx: Retinol (PC000238)

Record Information

Version

1.0

Creation date

2015-10-09 22:29:23 UTC

Update date

2017-01-19 02:36:17 UTC

FoodComEx ID

PC000238

FoodDB Record

FDB013828

Chemical Information

Name

Retinol

Description

Constituent of many fish-liver oils, milk, egg-yolk, etc. Nutrient, dietary supplement [DFC] Retinol is one of the animal forms of vitamin A. It is a diterpenoid and an alcohol. It is convertible to other forms of vitamin A, and the retinyl ester derivative of the alcohol serves as the storage form of the vitamin in animals. [Wikipedia]. Retinol is found in many foods, some of which are beer, common wheat, scrapple, and catfish.

CAS Number

68-26-8

Structure

MOL SDF 3D-SDF PDB SMILES InChI View 3D Structure

Synonyms

Synonym	Source
(2e,4e,6e,8e)-3,7-Dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-ol	ChEBI
(all-e)-3,7-Dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-2,4,6,8-nonatetraen-1-ol	HMDB
Afaxin	db_source
Agiolan	biospider
Agoncal	biospider
all-trans-Retinol	manual
all-trans-Retinyl alcohol	biospider
all-trans-Vitamin A	biospider
all-trans-Vitamin A alcohol	biospider
all-trans-Vitamin A1	biospider
Alphalin	ChEBI
Alphasterol	biospider
Antixerophthalmic vitamin	biospider
Avibon	biospider
Avitol	biospider
Axerol	db_source
Axerophthol	db_source
b-Retinol	biospider
beta-Retinol	biospider
Biosterol	biospider
Epiteliol	biospider
Gadol	db_source
Ophthalamin	biospider
Prepalin	db_source
Retrovitamin a	biospider
Sehkraft a	biospider
trans-Retinol	biospider
trans-Vitamin A alcohol	biospider
Vitamin A	db_source
Vitamin A alcohol	db_source
Vitamin a1	ChEBI

Chemical Formula

C20H30O

IUPAC name

(2E,4E,6Z,8E)-3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-ol

InChI Identifier

InChI=1S/C20H30O/c1-16(8-6-9-17(2)13-15-21)11-12-19-18(3)10-7-14-20(19,4)5/h6,8-9,11-13,21H,7,10,14-15H2,1-5H3/b9-6+,12-11+,16-8-,17-13+

InChI Key

FPIPGXGPPPQFEQ-MKOSUFFBSA-N

Isomeric SMILES

C\C(=C/CO)\C=C\C=C(\C)/C=C/C1=C(C)CCCC1(C)C

Average Molecular Weight

286.4516

Monoisotopic Molecular Weight

286.229665582

Chemical Taxonomy

Description

Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as retinoids. These are oxygenated derivatives of 3,7-dimethyl-1-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-enyl)nona-1,3,5,7-tetraene and derivatives thereof.

Kingdom

Organic compounds

Super Class

Lipids and lipid-like molecules

Class

Prenol lipids

Sub Class

Retinoids

Direct Parent

Retinoids

Alternative Parents

Substituents