Description
An oxopurine in which the purine ring is substituted by oxo groups at positions 2 and 6 and N-7 is protonated.
Chemical properties
| Chemical formula | Net charge | Average mass |
|---|---|---|
| C5H4N4O2 | 0 | 152.111 |
Recommended notation
| Name | xanthine |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | xG |
Nomenclature
| IUPAC | SMILES | InChI | InChIKey | Synonyms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,7-dihydro-1H-purine-2,6-dione | O=c1[nH]c2nc[nH]c2c(=O)[nH]1 | InChI=1S/C5H4N4O2/c10-4-2-3(7-1-6-2)8-5(11)9-4/h1H,(H3,6,7,8,9,10,11) | LRFVTYWOQMYALW-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
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Nature
| Origin | Function | Functional detail |
Organisms
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References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| natural | damage | mutagenic | Homo sapiens |
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Citations
- Nguyen, T, et al. 1992. DNA damage and mutation in human cells exposed to nitric oxide in vitro. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 89(7).
- Roux, A, et al. 2012. Annotation of the human adult urinary metabolome and metabolite identification using ultra high performance liquid chromatography coupled to a linear quadrupole ion trap-Orbitrap mass spectrometer. Analytical Chemistry. 84(15).