Chemical Entities of Biological Interest Ontology

Last uploaded: January 1, 2025
Jump to:
Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_16796
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_16796
Preferred Name

melatonin
Definitions
A member of the class of acetamides that is acetamide in which one of the hydrogens attached to the nitrogen atom is replaced by a 2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl group. It is a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in humans.
Synonyms
5-methoxy-N-acetyltryptamine
N-[2-(5-methoxyindol-3-yl)ethyl]acetamide
melatonine
N-Acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine
Melatonin
N-[2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]acetamide
melatonin
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

All Properties

definition

A member of the class of acetamides that is acetamide in which one of the hydrogens attached to the nitrogen atom is replaced by a 2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl group. It is a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in humans.
label
melatonin
prefLabel
melatonin
database_cross_reference
KEGG:C01598
PMID:18212404
DrugBank:DB01065
PMID:8290600
PMID:16678784
CAS:73-31-4
Reaxys:205542
PMID:18485664
MetaCyc:N-ACETYL-5-METHOXY-TRYPTAMINE
PDBeChem:ML1
KEGG:D08170
Drug_Central:1672
LINCS:LSM-4779
HMDB:HMDB0001389
Wikipedia:Melatonin
See more
See less
notation
CHEBI:16796
in_subset
inchi
InChI=1S/C13H16N2O2/c1-9(16)14-6-5-10-8-15-13-4-3-11(17-2)7-12(10)13/h3-4,7-8,15H,5-6H2,1-2H3,(H,14,16)
has_related_synonym
5-methoxy-N-acetyltryptamine
N-[2-(5-methoxyindol-3-yl)ethyl]acetamide
melatonine
N-Acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine
id
CHEBI:16796
charge
0
has_obo_namespace
chebi_ontology
formula
C13H16N2O2
subClassOf
inchikey
DRLFMBDRBRZALE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
mass
232.283
monoisotopicmass
232.12118
has functional parent
has_alternative_id
CHEBI:14577
CHEBI:6730
CHEBI:25180
type
smiles
C=1C=C(C=C2C(=CNC12)CCNC(=O)C)OC
has role
has_exact_synonym
Melatonin
N-[2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]acetamide
melatonin
treeView
Add comment
Add proposal
Delete Subject Author Type Created
No notes to display