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The Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) ontology is downloaded weekly from EMBL-EBI at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/. The data is made available under the Creative Commons License (CC BY 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). For more information see: Degtyarenko et al. (2008) ChEBI: a database and ontology for chemical entities of biological interest. Nucleic Acids Res. 36, D344–D350.

Term:ractopamine
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Accession:CHEBI:82644 term browser browse the term
Definition:A diastereoisomeric mixture of approximately equal amounts of all four possible diastereoisomers of 4-(1-hydroxy-2-{[4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)butan-2-yl]amino}ethyl)phenol. A beta-adrenergic agonist, it is used (generally as the hydrochloride salt) as a feed additive for use in pigs and other livestock to promote protein deposition, resulting in leaner meat. The R,R diastereoisomer, butopamine, is responsible for most of the leanness-enhancing effects. While use of ractopamine has been banned in over 120 countries including throughout the EU, in the US it used in an estimated 80% of all beef, pork and turkey production.
Synonyms:related_synonym: (+-)-all-rac-p-hydroxy-alpha-({[3-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-1-methylpropyl]amino}methyl)benzyl alcohol;   ractopamina;   ractopaminum
 xref: CAS:97825-25-7
 xref_mesh: MESH:C060897
 xref: PMID:12597381;   PMID:24128546;   PMID:24200573;   PMID:24444392;   PMID:24465573;   PMID:24548851;   PMID:24569651;   PMID:24621596;   PMID:24799633;   PMID:24853343;   PMID:25057027;   Wikipedia:Ractopamine



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Symbol Object Name Qualifiers Evidence Notes Source PubMed Reference(s) RGD Reference(s) Position
G Adrb2 adrenoceptor beta 2 increases activity ISO ractopamine results in increased activity of ADRB2 protein CTD PMID:34601065 NCBI chr18:55,642,459...55,644,501
Ensembl chr18:55,502,903...55,644,512
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G Esr1 estrogen receptor 1 multiple interactions ISO ractopamine binds to and results in increased activity of ESR1 protein CTD PMID:24928891 NCBI chr 1:41,106,335...41,499,104
Ensembl chr 1:41,210,475...41,495,002
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G Kcnh2 potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 2 decreases activity ISO ractopamine results in decreased activity of KCNH2 protein CTD PMID:28551711 NCBI chr 4:10,826,834...10,859,009
Ensembl chr 4:10,826,928...10,859,008
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  CHEBI ontology 19911
    chemical entity 19909
      chemical substance 14419
        mixture 13738
          diastereoisomeric mixture 719
            ractopamine 3
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  CHEBI ontology 19911
    subatomic particle 19909
      composite particle 19909
        hadron 19880
          baryon 19880
            nucleon 19909
              atomic nucleus 19880
                atom 19909
                  main group element atom 19849
                    main group molecular entity 19849
                      s-block molecular entity 19681
                        hydrogen molecular entity 19662
                          hydrides 19167
                            inorganic hydride 18182
                              pnictogen hydride 18172
                                nitrogen hydride 18085
                                  azane 17866
                                    ammonia 17865
                                      organic amino compound 17888
                                        secondary amino compound 6958
                                          4-(1-hydroxy-2-\{[4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)butan-2-yl]amino\}ethyl)phenol 3
                                            butopamine 3
                                              ractopamine 3
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