urocanic acid

Term ID

CHEBI:27248

Synonyms

• 3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)-2-propenoic acid
• 3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)prop-2-enoic acid
• 3-imidazol-4-ylacrylic acid

Definition

An α,β-unsaturated monocarboxylic acid that is prop-2-enoic acid substituted by a 1H-imidazol-4-yl group at position 3. It is a metabolite of hidtidine.

References

• cas:104-98-3
• ecmdb:ECMDB21396
• hmdb:HMDB0000301
• metacyc.compound:UROCANATE
• pdb-ccd:URO
• pubmed:11669511
• pubmed:24397532
• pubmed:24627570
• reaxys:8128219
• wikipedia.en:Urocanic_acid

Ontology

ChEBI  ( EBI )

Resources

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