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Cucurbitin is an amino acid and a carboxypyrrolidine that is found in Cucurbita seeds. Cucurbitin causes degenerative changes in the reproductive organs of parasitic flatworms called flukes.

Chemical data

Formula
C5H10N2O2
Molecular weight
130.15 g/mol
IUPAC name
(3R)-3-aminopyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid
SMILES
C1CNC[C@]1(C(=O)O)N
InChIKey
DWAKXSZUASEUHH-RXMQYKEDSA-N
XLogP
-3.8
Polar surface area
75.4 Ų
H-bond donors
3
H-bond acceptors
4
Formal charge
0

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Wikidata facts

Has part
carbon
Mass
130.074228
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chemical formula
C₅H₁₀N₂O₂
canonical SMILES
C1CNCC1(C(=O)O)N
isomeric SMILES
C1CNC[C@]1(C(=O)O)N
Commons category
Cucurbitine
found in taxon
Cucurbita
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Cucurbitin is an amino acid and a carboxypyrrolidine that is found in Cucurbita seeds. Cucurbitin causes degenerative changes in the reproductive organs of parasitic flatworms called flukes.

== References ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cucurbitine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.