Levulinic acid (BioCAD00000019794)

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Metabolite Card

Formula: C5H8O3 (116.0473)
SMILES: CC(=O)CCC(O)=O

Synonyms [en]

levulinic acid; 4-Oxopentanoic acid; Levulic acid; 4-Oxovaleric acid; gamma-ketovaleric acid; beta-Acetylpropionic acid

Reviewed

Last reviewed on 2024-06-28.

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Levulinic acid. 数据之源,洞见之始. SMRUCC genomics institute, a synthetic life researcher from China. https://biocad_registry.innovation.ac.cn/s/(-)-arctiin (retrieved 2026-01-03) (CAD Registry RN: BioCAD00000019794). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Note

Levulinic acid is a crystalline keto acid prepared from levulose, inulin, starch, etc., by boiling them with dilute hydrochloric or sulfuric acids.

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DBLinks

Other DBLinks
  • CAS Registry Number: 123-76-2
  • PubChem: 11579
  • ChEBI: ChEBI:45630
  • HMDB: HMDB0000720
  • LipidMaps: LMFA01060006
  • NCBI MeSH: levulinic acid
  • Wikipedia: Levulinic_acid
  • DrugBank: DB02239
  • RefMet: RM0152340
  • MoNA: HMDB0000720_c_ms_970
  • MoNA: HMDB0000720_c_ms_980
  • MoNA: HMDB0000720_ms_ms_1011
  • MoNA: HMDB0000720_ms_ms_1012
  • MoNA: HMDB0000720_ms_ms_1013
  • MoNA: JP005419
  • MoNA: JP010606
  • MoNA: JP010625
  • MoNA: MoNA033116
  • MoNA: MoNA033118
  • MoNA: MoNA033119
  • MoNA: MoNA033123
  • MoNA: MoNA035309
  • MoNA: MoNA035312
  • MoNA: MoNA035314
  • MoNA: MoNA037522
  • MoNA: MoNA037523
  • MoNA: MoNA038269
  • Metlin: METLIN_2195
  • Coconut NaturalProduct: CNP0267906.0

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