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macamide

Term ID
CHEBI:140939
Synonyms
  • macamides
Definition
A fatty amide resulting from the formal condensation of a fatty acid with benzylamine or a substituted (commonly 3-methoxy-) benzylamine. The term originally referred to bioactive and marker compounds isolated from maca (Lepidium meyenii, a herb cultivated for centuries by the indigenous people in the Peruvian Andes as a staple food crop) but is now also used to refer to synthetic analogues.
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is a type of
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Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from macamide
Phenotype where environments contain macamide
Phenotype modified by environments containing macamide
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