Showing metabocard for 3-mercaptohexan-1-ol (MMDBc0033452)
Record Information
Version
1.0
Status
Detected and Quantified
Creation Date
2021-11-19 04:49:13 UTC
Update Date
2022-08-31 22:36:12 UTC
MiMeDB ID
MMDBc0033452
Metabolite Identification
Common Name
3-mercaptohexan-1-ol
Description
3-mercaptohexanol is also known as 3-sulfanyl-1-hexanol. 3-mercaptohexanol is a secondary metabolite. Secondary metabolites are metabolically or physiologically non-essential metabolites that may serve a role as defense or signalling molecules. In some cases they are simply molecules that arise from the incomplete metabolism of other secondary metabolites. Based on a literature review a significant number of articles have been published on 3-mercaptohexanol.
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