dihydrolipoic acid

Term ID

CHEBI:18047

Synonyms

• 6,8-bis-sulfanyloctanoic acid
• 6,8-Dihydrothioctic acid
• 6,8-dimercapto-octanoic acid
• 6,8-dimercaptooctanoic acid
• 6,8-disulfanyloctanoic acid
• DHLA
• dihydro-alpha-lipoic acid
• dihydro-lipoic acid
• Dihydrolipoic acid
• Dihydrothioctic acid

Definition

A thio-fatty acid that is reduced form of lipoic acid. A potent antioxidant shown to directly destroy superoxide, hydroperoxy and hydroxyl radicals; also has neuroprotective and anti-tumour effects.

References

• cas:462-20-4
• drugbank:DB03760
• gmelin:675796
• hmdb:HMDB0012210
• kegg.compound:C02147
• pubmed:12127266
• pubmed:1345759
• pubmed:17403519
• pubmed:18951944
• reaxys:1722777
• wikipedia.en:Dihydrolipoic_acid

Ontology

ChEBI  ( EBI )

Resources

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