MEDICA 16

Term ID

CHEBI:149582

Synonyms

3,3,14,14-tetramethylhexadecanedioic acid
beta,beta'-tetramethylhexadecane-alpha,omega-dioic acid
beta,beta'-tetramethylhexadecanedioic acid
MEDIC-16
MEDICA-16
MEDICA16

Definition

An α,ω-dicarboxylic acid that is hexadecanedioic acid carrying methyl groups at positions 3 and 14. It is a free fatty acid 1 (FFA1/GPR40) receptor agonist and an ATP citrate lyase inhibitor, and exhibits hypolipidemic and antidiabetogenic properties.

References

cas:87272-20-6
pubmed:10608261
pubmed:11978655
pubmed:12488241
pubmed:1643530
pubmed:19471906
pubmed:1967952
pubmed:2029500
pubmed:22768248
pubmed:26503654
pubmed:2670791
pubmed:3178872
pubmed:3372539
pubmed:3392461
pubmed:7600124
pubmed:8135749
pubmed:8435085
pubmed:9392480
pubmed:9588449

Ontology

ChEBI ( EBI )

Resources

CTD

Relationships

Phenotype

Phenotype resulting from MEDICA 16

Phenotype where environments contain MEDICA 16

Phenotype modified by environments containing MEDICA 16

Phenotype affecting MEDICA 16

Human Disease Model