Chemical Component Summary

NameLAURIC ACID
Identifiersdodecanoic acid
FormulaC12 H24 O2
Molecular Weight200.318
TypeNON-POLYMER
Isomeric SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C12H24O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12(13)14/h2-11H2,1H3,(H,13,14)
InChIKeyPOULHZVOKOAJMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Chemical Details

Formal Charge0
Atom Count38
Chiral Atom Count0
Bond Count37
Aromatic Bond Count0

Drug Info: DrugBank

DrugBank IDDB03017 
NameLauric acid
Groups
  • approved
  • experimental
DescriptionLauric acid is an inexpensive, non-toxic and safe to handle compound often used in laboratory investigations of melting-point depression. Lauric acid is a solid at room temperature but melts easily in boiling water, so liquid lauric acid can be treated with various solutes and used to determine their molecular masses.
Synonyms
  • Laurostearic acid
  • DAO
  • n-dodecanoic acid
  • Undecane-1-carboxylic acid
  • Dodecylcarboxylate
Brand Names
  • Jayjun New Real Water Brightening Black Mask Step 01 Real Water Shining Vita Cleansing Foa M
  • Jayjun Anti Dust Fresh Foam Cleanser
  • Jayjun Real Water Shining Vita Cleansing Foa M
  • Jayjun Real Water Brightening Black Mask Step 01 Real Water Cleansing Foa M
  • Vitafol Plus
Categories
  • Fatty Acids
  • Lipids
CAS number143-07-7

Drug Targets

NameTarget SequencePharmacological ActionActions
Genome polyproteinMGAQVSRQNVGTHSTQNMVSNGSSLNYFNINYFKDAASSGASRLDFSQDP...unknown
Genome polyproteinMGAQVSRQNVGTHSTQNSVSNGSSLNYFNINYFKDAASSGASRLDFSQDP...unknown
Genome polyproteinMGAQVSRQNVGTHSTQNSVSNGSSLNYFNINYFKDAASNGASKLEFTQDP...unknown
Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4-alphaMRLSKTLVDMDMADYSAALDPAYTTLEFENVQVLTMGNDTSPSEGTNLNA...unknown
Phospholipase A2, membrane associatedMKTLLLLAVIMIFGLLQAHGNLVNFHRMIKLTTGKEAALSYGFYGCHCGV...unknown
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Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682

Related Resource References

Resource NameReference
PubChem 3893
ChEMBL CHEMBL108766
ChEBI CHEBI:30805
CCDC/CSD QESWER, UCOTUC, IDAQAG, LAURAC04, LAURAC05
COD 7203242, 7050152