Metabolite List
all metabolites that has the same formula 'C8H7N'
Indole (BioCAD00000012401)
Formula: C8H7N (Exact Mass: 117.0578)
Indole is an aromatic heterocyclic organic compound. It has a bicyclic structure, consisting of a six-membered benzene ring fused to a five-membered nitrogen-containing pyrrole ring. The participation of the nitrogen lone electron pair in the aromatic ring means that indole is not a base, and it does not behave like a simple amine. Indole is a microbial metabolite and it can be produced by bacteria as a degradation product of the amino acid tryptophan. It occurs naturally in human feces and has an intense fecal smell. At very low concentrations, however, indole has a flowery smell and is a constituent of many flower scents (such as orange blossoms) and perfumes. As a volatile organic compound, indole has been identified as a fecal biomarker of Clostridium difficile infection (PMID: 30986230). Natural jasmine oil, used in the perfume industry, contains around 2.5% of indole. Indole also occurs in coal tar. Indole has been found to be produced in a number of bacterial genera including Alcaligenes, Aspergillus, Escherichia, and Pseudomonas (PMID: 23194589, 2310183, 9680309). Indole plays a role in bacterial biofilm formation, bacterial motility, bacterial virulence, plasmid stability, and antibiotic resistance. It also functions as an intercellular signalling molecule (PMID: 26115989). Recently, it was determined that the bacterial membrane-bound histidine sensor kinase (HK) known as CpxA acts as a bacterial indole sensor to facilitate signalling (PMID: 31164470). It has been found that decreased indole concentrations in the gut promote bacterial pathogenesis, while increased levels of indole in the gut decrease bacterial virulence gene expression (PMID: 31164470). As a result, enteric pathogens sense a gradient of indole concentrations in the gut to migrate to different niches and successfully establish an infection.
Phenylacetonitrile (BioCAD00000016164)
Formula: C8H7N (Exact Mass: 117.0578)
Benzeneacetonitrile is found in garden cress. Benzeneacetonitrile is isolated from oil of garden cress (Lepidium sativum) and other plant oils.
Isoindole (BioCAD00000175716)
Formula: C8H7N (Exact Mass: 117.0578)
2H-isoindole is an isoindole and a polycyclic heteroarene. It is a tautomer of a 1H-isoindole. Benzopyrroles with the nitrogen at the number two carbon, in contrast to INDOLES which have the nitrogen adjacent to the six-membered ring.
4-ethynylaniline (BioCAD00000506479)
Formula: C8H7N (Exact Mass: 117.0578)
1-Amino-4-ethynylbenzene http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/search/ProductDetail/FLUKA/46039
3H-indole (BioCAD00000555408)
Formula: C8H7N (Exact Mass: 117.0578)
indolizine (BioCAD00000555417)
Formula: C8H7N (Exact Mass: 117.0578)
Indolizine is a mancude organic heterobicyclic parent and a member of indolizines. Indolizine is a natural product found in Streptomyces antioxidans with data available.
o-Tolunitrile (BioCAD00000623084)
Formula: C8H7N (Exact Mass: 117.0578)
O-tolunitrile is a light blue clear liquid. (NTP, 1992) o-Tolunitrile is a natural product found in Festuca rubra and Glycyrrhiza glabra with data available.
3-Methylbenzonitrile (BioCAD00000634233)
Formula: C8H7N (Exact Mass: 117.0578)
M-tolunitrile is a clear, yellow liquid. (NTP, 1992)
p-Tolunitrile (BioCAD00000761316)
Formula: C8H7N (Exact Mass: 117.0578)
P-tolunitrile is a beige solid at 62.6 °F. (NTP, 1992) p-Tolunitrile is a natural product found in Thulinella chrysantha with data available.