RefMet Compound Details

RefMet ID, RefMet name, exact mass and formula
RefMet ID	RM0135391
RefMet name	beta-Carotene
Systematic name	1,3,3-trimethyl-2-[3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)octadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]cyclohexene
Synonyms	PubChem Synonyms
Exact mass	536.438201 (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	C40H56	View other entries in RefMet with this formula
Molecular descriptors
Molfile	28783 (Download molfile/View MW Metabolite Database details)
InChI	InChI=1S/C40H56/c1-31(19-13-21-33(3)25-27-37-35(5)23-15-29-39(37,7)8)17-11-12-18-32(2)20-14-22-34(4)26-28-38-36(6)24-16-30-40(38,9 )10/h11-14,17-22,25-28H,15-16,23-24,29-30H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,19-13+,20-14+,27-25+,28-26+,31-17+,32-18+,33-21+,34-22+
InChIKey	OENHQHLEOONYIE-JLTXGRSLSA-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)CCCC1(C)C)/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C/C1=C(C)CCCC1(C)C 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 beta-Carotene 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 beta-Carotene
External Links
Pubchem CID	5280489
LIPID MAPS	LMPR01070001
ChEBI ID	17579
KEGG ID	C02094
HMDB ID	HMDB0000561
Chemspider ID	4444129
MetaCyc ID	CPD1F-129
Spectral data for beta-Carotene standards
BMRB ID(NMR)	View NMR spectra
NP-MRD ID(NMR)	View NMR spectra
MassBank(EU)	View MS spectra
Structural annotation level
Annotation level	1   (1:Known structure; 2:Known regiochemistry; 3:Partial structure; 4:Sum-composition)

Table of KEGG reactions in human pathways involving beta-Carotene

Rxn ID	KEGG Reaction	Enzyme
R00032	beta-Carotene + Oxygen <=> 2 Retinal	beta-carotene:oxygen 15,15'-oxidoreductase (bond-cleaving)

Table of KEGG human pathways containing beta-Carotene

Pathway ID	Human Pathway	# of reactions
hsa00830	Retinol metabolism	1