melatonin
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_16796
A member of the class of acetamides that is acetamide in which one of the hydrogens attached to the nitrogen atom is replaced by a 2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl group. It is a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in humans.
Synonyms: Melatonin, melatonin, N-[2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]acetamide
Term info
database cross reference
- Drug_Central:1672 (DrugCentral)
- MetaCyc:N-ACETYL-5-METHOXY-TRYPTAMINE
- Beilstein:205542 (Beilstein)
- CAS:73-31-4 (NIST Chemistry WebBook)
- PMID:8290600 (Europe PMC)
- Wikipedia:Melatonin
- PDBeChem:ML1
- CAS:73-31-4 (ChemIDplus)
- KEGG:D08170
- KEGG:C01598
- CAS:73-31-4 (KEGG COMPOUND)
- HMDB:HMDB0001389
- PMID:18212404 (Europe PMC)
- PMID:18485664 (Europe PMC)
- Reaxys:205542 (Reaxys)
- LINCS:LSM-4779
- DrugBank:DB01065
- PMID:16678784 (Europe PMC)
Subsets
3_STAR
charge
0
formula
C13H16N2O2
has related synonym
N-Acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, 5-methoxy-N-acetyltryptamine, melatonine, N-[2-(5-methoxyindol-3-yl)ethyl]acetamide
has alternative id
CHEBI:6730, CHEBI:14577, CHEBI:25180
has obo namespace
chebi_ontology
id
CHEBI:16796
inchi
InChI=1S/C13H16N2O2/c1-9(16)14-6-5-10-8-15-13-4-3-11(17-2)7-12(10)13/h3-4,7-8,15H,5-6H2,1-2H3,(H,14,16)
inchikey
DRLFMBDRBRZALE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
mass
232.283
monoisotopicmass
232.12118
smiles
C=1C=C(C=C2C(=CNC12)CCNC(=O)C)OC
Term relations
Subclass of:
- acetamides
- tryptamines
- has role some immunological adjuvant
- has role some mouse metabolite
- has role some hormone
- has role some anticonvulsant
- has role some human metabolite
- has_functional_parent some tryptamine
- has role some radical scavenger
- has role some geroprotector