Record Information Version 1.0 Status Detected and Quantified Creation Date 2021-11-19 15:35:29 UTC Update Date 2022-09-01 01:47:28 UTC MiMeDB ID MMDBc0047641 Metabolite Identification Common Name 2-Furanmethanol Description 2-Furanmethanol is found in arabica coffee. 2-Furanmethanol is isolated from coffee aroma, tea, wheat bread, crispbread, soybean, cocoa, rice, potato chips and other sources. 2-Furanmethanol is a flavouring ingredient. 2-Furanmethanol belongs to the family of Furans. These are compounds containing a furan ring, which is a five-member aromatic ring with one oxygen atom, four carbon atoms. Structure Synonyms Value Source (2-Furyl)methanol ChEBI 2-Furancarbinol ChEBI 2-Furane-methanol ChEBI 2-Furanylmethanol ChEBI 2-Furfuryl alcohol ChEBI 2-Furylcarbinol ChEBI 2-Furylmethanol ChEBI 2-Hydroxymethylfuran ChEBI 2-Hydroxymethylfurane ChEBI 5-Hydroxymethylfuran ChEBI alpha-Furylcarbinol ChEBI Furan-2-yl-methanol ChEBI Furfural alcohol ChEBI Furfuranol ChEBI Furylcarbinol ChEBI a-Furylcarbinol Generator Α-furylcarbinol Generator 2-Furanmethanol ChEBI (2-Furyl)-methanol HMDB (2-FURYL)-methanol (furfurylalcohol) HMDB 2-(Hydroxymethyl)furan HMDB 2-Furane-methanol (furfurol) HMDB 2-Furanemethanol HMDB 2-Furanmethanol (furfuryl alcohol) HMDB 2-Furanmethanol, homopolymer HMDB 2-Furfurylalkohol HMDB 2-Furylmethanol (acd/name 4.0) HMDB alpha -Furfuryl alcohol HMDB alpha -Furylcarbinol HMDB alpha-Furfuryl alcohol HMDB FEMA 2491 HMDB Furan-2-methanol HMDB Furan-2-ylmethanol HMDB Furanmethanol HMDB Furfuralcohol HMDB Furfurol HMDB Furfuryl alcohol (furfurol) HMDB Furfuryl alcohol, 8ci HMDB Furfurylcarb HMDB Furyl alcohol HMDB qo Furfuryl alcohol HMDB
Chemical Formula C5 H6 O2 Average Molecular Weight 98.0999 Monoisotopic Molecular Weight 98.036779436 IUPAC Name Not Available Traditional Name Not Available CAS Registry Number Not Available SMILES Not Available InChI Identifier InChI=1S/C5H6O2/c6-4-5-2-1-3-7-5/h1-3,6H,4H2
InChI Key XPFVYQJUAUNWIW-UHFFFAOYSA-N Chemical Taxonomy Description Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as heteroaromatic compounds. Heteroaromatic compounds are compounds containing an aromatic ring where a carbon atom is linked to an hetero atom. Kingdom Organic compounds Super Class Organoheterocyclic compounds Class Heteroaromatic compounds Sub Class Not Available Direct Parent Heteroaromatic compounds Alternative Parents Substituents Heteroaromatic compound
Furan
Oxacycle
Organic oxygen compound
Hydrocarbon derivative
Aromatic alcohol
Primary alcohol
Organooxygen compound
Alcohol
Aromatic heteromonocyclic compound Molecular Framework Aromatic heteromonocyclic compounds External Descriptors Functional Ontology Not Available Physical Properties State Liquid Predicted Properties Not Available Spectra Not Available Biological Properties Cellular Locations Biospecimen Locations Tissue Locations Not Available Associated OMIM IDs 114500 (Colorectal cancer)610247 (Eosinophilic esophagitis)Human Proteins and Enzymes Proteins Human Pathways Pathways Metabolic Reactions Not Available
Health Effects and Bioactivity Health Outcome/Bioactivity Metabolite Response/Effect Related Health Condition Evidence Type Measured in Matrix Data Source Reference
Microbial Sources Kingdom Phylum Total species Hosts and Body Sites Microbial Links Fungi Ascomycota 1 Human Feces Unknown
Exposure Sources Source Type Source Sub-type Species Data Source Reference Details Food Coffee Coffea arabica FooDB 31437929 detailsFood Coffee Coffea canephora FooDB 31437929 detailsFood FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Seed Coffea arabica FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Tea FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Tea FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Fruit Rubus FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Leaves Camellia sinensis FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Seed Sesamum orientale FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Tea FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Sinapis alba FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Tea Camellia sinensis FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Leaves FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Leaves FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Fruit Syzygium aromaticum FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Leaves FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Theobroma cacao FooDB 31437929 detailsPlant Solanum tuberosum FooDB 31437929 details
Host Biospecimen and Location Host and Biospecimen Status Mean Std Min Max Units Age Sex Health Condition Data Source Reference Human Urine Detected but not Quantified Both Normal HMDB 22284503 detailsHuman Detected but not Quantified HMDB details
External Links HMDB ID HMDB0013742 DrugBank ID Not Available Phenol Explorer Compound ID Not Available FooDB ID FDB012558 KNApSAcK ID C00029456 Chemspider ID 7083 KEGG Compound ID C20441 BioCyc ID CPD-14102 BiGG ID Not Available Wikipedia Link Furfuryl_alcohol METLIN ID Not Available PubChem Compound 7361 PDB ID Not Available ChEBI ID 207496 Food Biomarker Ontology Not Available References Synthesis Reference Not Available General References Robinson AL, Ebeler SE, Heymann H, Boss PK, Solomon PS, Trengove RD: Interactions between wine volatile compounds and grape and wine matrix components influence aroma compound headspace partitioning. J Agric Food Chem. 2009 Nov 11;57(21):10313-22. doi: 10.1021/jf902586n. [PubMed:19845354 ]
