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scleropyric acid

CHEBI:66440 ·resolve ·ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A straight-chain fatty acid that is heptadecanoic acid with a terminal double bond and a triple bond at position 12. Isolated from the twigs of Scleropyrum wallichianum, it exhibits antimycobacterial and antiplasmodial activities. — ChEBI

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

• CHEBI:15904 CHEBI:15904
• CHEBI:25380 CHEBI:25380
• CHEBI:59202 CHEBI:59202

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties

Molecular formula	C17H28O2
Charge	0
Average mass	264.409 Da
Monoisotopic mass	264.20893 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	PZTFGAULNIGNTB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C=CCCC#CCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O

InChI

InChI=1S/C17H28O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17(18)19/h2H,1,3-4,7-16H2,(H,18,19)

Also called

• heptadec-16-en-12-ynoic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

• reaxys:10185191

Activity roles

Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.

• CHEBI:64912 CHEBI:64912
• CHEBI:64915 CHEBI:64915

Source concepts

Every upstream concept that resolved to this record. The merge is the product: this is what shows ChEBI and CARD are describing the same structure.

Upstream concepts merged into this record

Source	Native ID	Label	Minted CURIE	Version
CHEBI	CHEBI:66440	scleropyric acid	antibioticmech:chebi-7c417c3297	2026-08-30

Curation history

1. SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)

2. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

3. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

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