succinic acid

Term ID

CHEBI:15741

Synonyms

• 1,2-ethanedicarboxylic acid
• acide butanedioique
• acide succinique
• acidum succinicum
• amber acid
• asuccin
• Bernsteinsaeure
• Butandisaeure
• butanedioic acid
• Butanedionic acid
• Dihydrofumaric acid
• E363
• Ethylenesuccinic acid
• HOOC-CH2-CH2-COOH
• spirit of amber
• SUCCINIC ACID

Definition

An alpha,omega-dicarboxylic acid resulting from the formal oxidation of each of the terminal methyl groups of butane to the corresponding carboxy group. It is an intermediate metabolite in the citric acid cycle.

References

• CAS:110-15-6
• DrugBank:DB00139
• Drug_Central:2487
• ECMDB:ECMDB00254
• Gmelin:2785
• HMDB:HMDB0000254
• KEGG:C00042
• KNApSAcK:C00001205
• LIPID_MAPS_instance:LMFA01170043
• MetaCyc:SUC
• PDBeChem:SIN
• PMID:17439666
• Reaxys:1754069
• Wikipedia:Succinic_acid
• YMDB:YMDB00338

Ontology

ChEBI  ( EBI )

Resources

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