Term Name: | ascr#14 |
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Synonyms: | (7R)-7-[(3,6-dideoxy-alpha-L-arabino-hexopyranosyl)oxy]octanoic acid, 7R-(3'R,5'R-dihydroxy-6'S-methyl-(2H)-tetrahydropyran-2'-yloxy)-octanoic acid, asc-C8 |
Definition: | An (omega-1)-hydroxy fatty acid ascaroside obtained by formal condensation of the alcoholic hydroxy group of (7R)-7-hydroxyoctanoic acid with ascarylopyranose (the alpha anomer). It is a metabolite of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:78905] ( EBI ) |