Imidazolelactic acid (BioCAD00000020153)

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Metabolite Card

Formula: C6H8N2O3 (156.0535)
SMILES: OC(CN1C=CN=C1)C(O)=O

Synonyms [en]

1-Imidazolelactic acid; 3-(imidazol-1-yl)lactic acid; 1-Imidazolelactate; Imidazolelactic acid; 2-Hydroxy-3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)propanoic acid; 2-hydroxy-3-imidazol-1-ylpropanoic acid

Reviewed

Last reviewed on 2024-06-28.

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Imidazolelactic 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: BioCAD00000020153). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Note

Imidazolelactic acid is the component of normal human urine. (PMID: 5856262). histidine loading causes an increase in the excretion of imidazolelactic acid. (PMID: 6021220). During pregnancy the values for imidazolelactic acid in urine is increased 3-fold. An interaction of allergic reactions and anomalies in the metabolism of the sex hormones are considered to form the basis of the pregnancy-specific illnesses that were studied. (PMID: 5789877). Urinary excretion of imidazolelactic acid is also an indication for folic acid and vitamin B12 deficiency. (PMID: 4645251).

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Other DBLinks
  • CAS Registry Number: 876-19-7
  • PubChem: 459122
  • ChEBI: ChEBI:70808
  • HMDB: HMDB0002320
  • KEGG: C05132
  • NCBI MeSH: imidazolelactic acid
  • Metlin: METLIN_4196
  • Coconut NaturalProduct: CNP0041361.0

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Taxonomy Source

  1. Homo sapiens [ncbi taxid: 9606]

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