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hexadecanal
Molecular ID 984Formula C16H32OMW 240.422 food sources
Molecular structure
Sensory signature
How this molecule tastes and smells · gold is measured, dashed is a model estimate
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Biochemical reactions
Metabolic reactions from curated biochemical databases · peer-reviewed
hexadecanal + NADP(+) = (2E)-hexadecenal + NADPH + H(+)
sphinganine 1-phosphate = hexadecanal + phosphoethanolamine
hexadecanal + NAD(+) + CoA = hexadecanoyl-CoA + NADH + H(+)
hexadecan-1-ol + NAD(+) = hexadecanal + NADH + H(+)
Foods containing this compound
Verified Data
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