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docosahexaenoic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as all-cis-DHA, all-cis-docosa-4,7,10,13,16,19-hexaenoic acid, DHA, 22:6(n-3), docosa-4,7,10,13,16,19-hexaenoic acid, 22:6-4, 7,10,13,16,19, all-cis-4,7,10,13,16,19-docosahexaenoic acid, cervonic acid
chemical compound
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Vinony's link graph records 366 inbound references to docosahexaenoic acid, and connects out to neuron, plasma membrane and carboxylic acid.
It sits within the topics Alkenoic acids, Chembox image size set and ECHA InfoCard ID from Wikidata.
Vinony links it to 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C22H32O2
- Molecular weight
- 328.5 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z)-docosa-4,7,10,13,16,19-hexaenoic acid
- SMILES
- CC/C=C\C/C=C\C/C=C\C/C=C\C/C=C\C/C=C\CCC(=O)O
- InChIKey
- MBMBGCFOFBJSGT-KUBAVDMBSA-N
- XLogP
- 6.2
- Polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Phase 3
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
- Indications
- cardiovascular disease, pregnancy, heart failure, premature birth
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Research
21,468 papers- Docosahexaenoic acid.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024
- Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation and infant brain development: role of gut microbiome.Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) · 2024
- Docosahexaenoic acid inhibits ischemic stroke to reduce vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease.Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators · 2023
- Dietary docosahexaenoic acid inhibits neurodegeneration and prevents stroke.Journal of neuroscience research · 2021
- Docosahexaenoic Acid.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2016
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 328.24
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- chemical formula
- C₂₂H₃₂O₂
- found in taxon
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- isomeric SMILES
- CC/C=C\C/C=C\C/C=C\C/C=C\C/C=C\C/C=C\CCC(=O)O
- canonical SMILES
- CCC=CCC=CCC=CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCC(=O)O
- Commons category
- Docosahexaenoic acid
- has characteristic
- bitterness
- subject has role
- orphan drug
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Encyclopedic overview
Names
Preferred IUPAC name (4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z)-Docosa-4,7,10,13,16,19-hexaenoic acid
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