carnosine

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  • Name: carnosine
  • Description: Carnosine is a dipeptide that is the N-(beta-alanyl) derivative of L-histidine. It has a role as an anticonvulsant, an antioxidant, an antineoplastic agent, a human metabolite, a Daphnia magna meta... bolite and a mouse metabolite. It is a conjugate acid of a carnosinate. It is a tautomer of a carnosine zwitterion (CHEBI ID: 15727).
Overview of age-variations
Age group comparisons
PMID Age/Age interval, Gender Value (unit of measurement) Method Sample
22170500 Age 10 ± 0.9, Gender ♂ 4.55 (mM) H-MRS muscle
22170500 Age 16.5 ± 1.5, Gender ♂ 5.59 (mM) H-MRS muscle
Linear regression
PMID Age/Age interval, Gender Value (unit of measurement) Method Sample
log2 ratio/log2(FC)
PMID Age/Age interval, Gender Value (unit of measurement) Method Sample
Summary
  • Synonym:
    beta-Alanyl-L-histidine
  • Chemical Formula:
    C9H14N4O3
  • Exact Mass g/mol:
    226.0000000
  • Systematic name:
    (2S)-2-(3-aminopropanoylamino)-3-(1H-imidazol-5-yl)propanoic acid
  • SMILES:
    C1=C(NC=N1)CC(C(=O)O)NC(=O)CCN
  • InChI:
    InChI=1S/C9H14N4O3/c10-2-1-8(14)13-7(9(15)16)3-6-4-11-5-12-6/h4-5,7H,1-3,10H2,(H,11,12)(H,13,14)(H,15,16)/t7-/m0/s1
  • InChI Key:
    CQOVPNPJLQNMDC-ZETCQYMHSA-N
Related resources
Pathway info P = product of S = substrate of
Metabolite sources and localization
  • Metabolite location:
    Human organism, Body part, Human body biofluids, Biofluid tissues, Blood, Saliva, Urine, Tissue, Excreta material, Feces
Age-variations
Age group comparisons
Method: H-MRS
Sample: muscle
PubMed PMID: 22170500
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