Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:25000
Name
lactone
Ontology
Synonyms
lactone, lactones, Lacton, Lakton, Laktone, lactona, lactonas
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Any cyclic carboxylic ester containing a 1-oxacycloalkan-2-one structure, or an analogue having unsaturation or heteroatoms replacing one or more carbon atoms of the ring. [source: unknown]
Comment
None
Subset
None
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Parents of lactone (CHEBI:25000)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
lactone [is_a relation] is_a  ester (CHEBI:35701)
lactone [is_a relation] is_a  oxacycle (CHEBI:38104)
lactone [is_a relation] is_a  carboxylic ester (CHEBI:33308)
Children of lactone (CHEBI:25000)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
gibberellin A3 (CHEBI:28833) [is_a relation] is_a  lactone
terpene lactone (CHEBI:37668) [is_a relation] is_a  lactone
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