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  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2011-09-21 00:32:41 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2015-07-21 06:57:48 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB023632</accession>
  <name>Homovanillin</name>
  <description>3 -Methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde is an intermediary aldehyde of dopamine metabolism, metabolized by the class I human liver alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) . ADH catalyzes both ethanol and acetaldehyde, and the dopamine intermediates compete for the same site of ADH, a basis for the ethanol-induced in vivo alterations of dopamine metabolism. (PMID 2432930) [HMDB]</description>
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    <synonym>(4-Hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)acetaldehyde</synonym>
    <synonym>2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl) Ethanal</synonym>
    <synonym>3-Methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde</synonym>
    <synonym>4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-Benzeneacetaldehyde</synonym>
    <synonym>4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzeneacetaldehyde</synonym>
    <synonym>HMPAL</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C9H10O3</chemical_formula>
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    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as methoxyphenols. Methoxyphenols are compounds containing a methoxy group attached to the benzene ring of a phenol moiety.</description>
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      <alternative_parent>Alpha-hydrogen aldehydes</alternative_parent>
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      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Methoxybenzenes</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Phenoxy compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Phenylacetaldehydes</alternative_parent>
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      <substituent>Carbonyl group</substituent>
      <substituent>Ether</substituent>
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      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
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      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Phenol ether</substituent>
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      <substituent>Phenylacetaldehyde</substituent>
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      <external_descriptor>alpha-CH2-containing aldehyde</external_descriptor>
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