RefMet Compound Details

RefMet ID, RefMet name, exact mass and formula
RefMet ID	RM0118472
RefMet name	Astaxanthin
Systematic name	(6S)-6-hydroxy-3-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-18-[(4S)-4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethyl-3-oxo-1-cyclohexenyl]-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]-2,4,4-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-one
Synonyms	PubChem Synonyms
Exact mass	596.386560 (neutral)	Calculate m/z: (Choose adduct) [M+H]+ [M+H-H2O]+ [M.]+ [M+2H]2+ [M+3H]3+ [M+4H]4+ [M+K]+ [M+2K]2+ [M+2K-H]+ [M+Na]+ [M+2Na]2+ [M+2Na-H]+ [M+Li]+ [M+2Li]2+ [M+NH4]+ [M.CH3]+ [M+Ag]+ [M+H+CH3OH]+ [M+H+CH3CN]+ [M+H+2CH3CN]+ [M+Na+CH3CN]+ [M.NaFormate+H]+ [M.NH4Formate+H]+ [M.TMSi]+ [M.tBuDMSi]+ [M+H-Hexose]+ [M+H-EtnP]+ [M+H-SerP]+ [M-H]- [M-H-H2O]- [M-CH3]- [M-2H]2- [M-3H]3- [M-4H]4- [M+Cl]- [M+OAc]- [M+Na-2H]- [M+K-2H]- [M.Formate]- [M.NaFormate-H]- [M.NH4Formate-H]- [M.F]- [M-H-Ser]- [M.HF2]- M(neutral)    View other RefMet entries with this exact (neutral) mass:   +/- 0.05 amu   +/- 0.1 amu   +/- 0.2 amu   +/- 0.5 amu
Formula	C40H52O4	View other entries in RefMet with this formula
Molecular descriptors
Molfile	157533 (Download molfile/View MW Metabolite Database details)
InChI	InChI=1S/C40H52O4/c1-27(17-13-19-29(3)21-23-33-31(5)37(43)35(41)25-39(33,7)8)15-11-12-16-28(2)18-14-20-30(4)22-24-34-32(6)38(44)36 (42)26-40(34,9)10/h11-24,35-36,41-42H,25-26H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,17-13+,18-14+,23-21+,24-22+,27-15+,28-16+,29-19+,30-20+/t35-,36-/m0/s 1
InChIKey	MQZIGYBFDRPAKN-QISQUURKSA-N	View other enantiomers/diastereomers of this metabolite in RefMet
SMILES	C/C(=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(C)C(=O)C(CC1(C)C)O)/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C/C1=C(C)C(=O)C(CC1(C)C)O Run Tanimoto similarity search (with similarity coefficient >=0.6)
Chemical/Biochemical Classification
Super Class	Prenol Lipids
Main Class	Isoprenoids
Sub Class	C40 isoprenoids
Distribution of Astaxanthin in NMDR studies
Species	Plot Species distribution
Sample source	Plot Sample source(tissue) distribution
Platform	Platform (MS/NMR) used for detection
Chromatography	Chromatography methods used for detection
Studies	NMDR Studies reporting Astaxanthin
External Links
Pubchem CID	5281224
LIPID MAPS	LMPR01070800
ChEBI ID	40968
KEGG ID	C08580
HMDB ID	HMDB0002204
Spectral data for Astaxanthin standards
MassBank(EU)	View MS spectra
Structural annotation level
Annotation level	1   (1:Known structure; 2:Known regiochemistry; 3:Partial structure; 4:Sum-composition)