GLUCOSAMINE

Structure

2D structure of GLUCOSAMINE
2D structure
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3D model

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Names and identifiers

Name

GLUCOSAMINE

IUPAC name

(3R,4R,5S)-3-amino-6-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2,4,5-triol

SMILES

N[C@H]1C(O)OC(CO)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]1O

General information

Molecular formula

C6H13NO5

Molecular weight

179.17 g/mol

Monoisotopic mass

179.0794 Da

Classification

Pathway:
Superclass:
Class:
Glycoside:
Yes

Chemical classification: NPClassifier (Kim et al., 2021)

Plants with the compound

Plant Plant part Amount Reference
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. subsp. bursa-pastoris - -
Nagai, K. 1960. Studies on Capsella bursa-pastoris. I. Carboxylic Acids, Amino Acids, Carbohydrates, Alcohols, and Inorganic Components in C. bursa-pastoris. Yakugaku Kenkyu, 32: 617.
Urtica dioica L. root 250 ppm
Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.