Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:26666
Name
short-chain fatty acid
Ontology
Synonyms
SCFA, SCFAs, short-chain fatty acids
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
An aliphatic monocarboxylic acid with a chain length of less than C6. If any non-hydrocarbon substituent is present, the compound is not normally regarded as a short-chain fatty acid. [source: unknown]
Comment
None
Subset
None
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Parents of short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
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short-chain fatty acid [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid (CHEBI:35366)
short-chain fatty acid [is_conjugate_acid_of relation] is_conjugate_acid_of  short-chain fatty acid anion (CHEBI:58951)
Children of short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
short-chain fatty acid anion (CHEBI:58951) [is_conjugate_base_of relation] is_conjugate_base_of  short-chain fatty acid
valeric acid (CHEBI:17418) [is_a relation] is_a  short-chain fatty acid
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