AntibioticMech

miglustat

CHEBI:50381 ·resolve ·ANTIVIRAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A hydroxypiperidine that is deoxynojirimycin in which the amino hydrogen is replaced by a butyl group. — ChEBI

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

• CHEBI:26151 CHEBI:26151
• CHEBI:50996 CHEBI:50996

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties

Molecular formula	C10H21NO4
Charge	0
Average mass	219.281 Da
Monoisotopic mass	219.14706 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	UQRORFVVSGFNRO-UTINFBMNSA-N

SMILES

CCCCN1C[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H]1CO

InChI

InChI=1S/C10H21NO4/c1-2-3-4-11-5-8(13)10(15)9(14)7(11)6-12/h7-10,12-15H,2-6H2,1H3/t7-,8+,9-,10-/m1/s1

Also called

• Zavesca (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
• miglustatum (INN)— chebi
• (2R,3R,4R,5S)-1-butyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)piperidine-3,4,5-triol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• BuDNJ (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• Butyldeoxynojirimycin (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• N-(n-Butyl)deoxynojirimycin (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• N-Butylmoranoline (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• N-butyl-1-deoxynojirimycin (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• NB-DNJ (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• SC-48334 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• n-Butyl deoxynojirimycin (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

• beilstein:5862029
• cas:72599-27-0
• drugbank:DB00419
• drugcentral:1807
• kegg.drug:D05032

Activity roles

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

• CHEBI:64946 CHEBI:64946

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:50381	miglustat	antibioticmech:chebi-4d79e49e40	2026-08-30

Mechanism summary

Clinical status

APPROVED

Curation history

1. SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

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5. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-31 · seed_from_sources

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Provenance

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