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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
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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