| Term: | melatonin |
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| Accession: | CHEBI:16796
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| Definition: | A tryptamine that has formula C13H16N2O2. |
| Synonyms: | exact_synonym: | N-[2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]acetamide |
| | related_synonym: | 5-methoxy-N-acetyltryptamine; C13H16N2O2; COc1ccc2[nH]cc(CCNC(C)=O)c2c1; 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); InChIKey=DRLFMBDRBRZALE-UHFFFAOYSA-N; N-Acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine; N-[2-(5-methoxyindol-3-yl)ethyl]acetamide; melatonine |
| | alt_id: | CHEBI:14577; CHEBI:25180; CHEBI:6730 |
| | xref_casrn: | 73-31-4 |
| | xref: | Beilstein:205542 "Beilstein Registry Number"; ChEMBL:103012 "ChEMBL COMPOUND"; ChemIDplus:73-31-4 "CAS Registry Number"; DrugBank:DB01065 "DrugBank"; KEGG COMPOUND:73-31-4 "CAS Registry Number"; KEGG COMPOUND:C01598 "KEGG COMPOUND" |
| | xref_mesh: | MESH:D008550 |
| | xref: | NIST Chemistry WebBook:73-31-4 "CAS Registry Number"; Wikipedia:Melatonin "Wikipedia" |