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<metabolite>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2016-09-30 22:31:24 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2020-06-04 21:59:04 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>BMDB0000482</accession>
  <secondary_accessions>
    <accession>BMDB00482</accession>
  </secondary_accessions>
  <name>Caprylic acid</name>
  <description>Caprylic acid, also known as 8:0 or octylic acid, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as medium-chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains between 4 and 12 carbon atoms. Caprylic acid exists as a liquid, very hydrophobic, practically insoluble (in water), and relatively neutral molecule. Caprylic acid exists in all living species, ranging from bacteria to humans. Caprylic acid participates in a number of enzymatic reactions, within cattle. In particular, Caprylic acid can be biosynthesized from trans-2-octenoic acid; which is mediated by the enzyme fatty acid synthase. enoyl reductase domain. In addition, Caprylic acid and malonic acid can be converted into 3-oxodecanoic acid through its interaction with the enzyme fatty acid synthase. Beta ketoacyl synthase domain. In cattle, caprylic acid is involved in the metabolic pathway called fatty acid biosynthesis pathway. Caprylic acid is a potentially toxic compound.</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>1-Heptanecarboxylic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>8:0</synonym>
    <synonym>Acide octanoique</synonym>
    <synonym>Acido octanoico</synonym>
    <synonym>Acidum octanocium</synonym>
    <synonym>Acidum octanoicum</synonym>
    <synonym>C8:0</synonym>
    <synonym>CH3-[CH2]6-COOH</synonym>
    <synonym>Kaprylsaeure</synonym>
    <synonym>N-Caprylic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>N-Octanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>N-Octoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>N-Octylic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>OCTANOIC ACID (caprylIC ACID)</synonym>
    <synonym>Octansaeure</synonym>
    <synonym>Octoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Octylic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Octanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>1-Heptanecarboxylate</synonym>
    <synonym>N-Caprylate</synonym>
    <synonym>N-Octanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>N-Octoate</synonym>
    <synonym>N-Octylate</synonym>
    <synonym>OCTANOate (caprylate)</synonym>
    <synonym>Octoate</synonym>
    <synonym>Octylate</synonym>
    <synonym>Octanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylate</synonym>
    <synonym>Emery 657</synonym>
    <synonym>Kortacid 0899</synonym>
    <synonym>Lunac 8-95</synonym>
    <synonym>Lunac 8-98</synonym>
    <synonym>Neo-fat 8</synonym>
    <synonym>Neo-fat 8S</synonym>
    <synonym>Prifac 2901</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, cadmium salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, cesium salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, manganese salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, nickel(+2) salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, zinc salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, aluminum salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, barium salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, chromium(+2) salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, lead(+2) salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, potassium salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, tin(+2) salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Sodium octanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, 14C-labeled</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, lithium salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, ruthenium(+3) salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, sodium salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, sodium salt, 11C-labeled</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, tin salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, zirconium salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Sodium caprylate</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, ammonia salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, calcium salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, cobalt salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, copper salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, copper(+2) salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, iridum(+3) salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, iron(+3) salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, lanthanum(+3) salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Caprylic acid, zirconium(+4) salt</synonym>
    <synonym>FA(8:0)</synonym>
    <synonym>Lithium octanoate</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C8H16O2</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>144.2114</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>144.115029756</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>octanoic acid</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>caprylic acid</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>124-07-2</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>CCCCCCCC(O)=O</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/C8H16O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8(9)10/h2-7H2,1H3,(H,9,10)</inchi>
  <inchikey>WWZKQHOCKIZLMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N</inchikey>
  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as medium-chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains between 4 and 12 carbon atoms.</description>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Lipids and lipid-like molecules</super_class>
    <class>Fatty Acyls</class>
    <sub_class>Fatty acids and conjugates</sub_class>
    <direct_parent>Medium-chain fatty acids</direct_parent>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>Carbonyl compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carboxylic acids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Monocarboxylic acids and derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Straight chain fatty acids</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>Aliphatic acyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Carbonyl group</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Medium-chain fatty acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Straight chain fatty acid</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <molecular_framework>Aliphatic acyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
    <external_descriptors>
      <external_descriptor>Saturated fatty acids</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>Straight chain fatty acids</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>Straight chain fatty acids</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>medium-chain fatty acid</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>straight-chain saturated fatty acid</external_descriptor>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
  <experimental_properties>
    <state>Liquid</state>
    <property>
      <kind>melting_point</kind>
      <value>16.5 °C</value>
      <source/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>water_solubility</kind>
      <value>0.789 mg/mL</value>
      <source/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>3.05</value>
      <source>HANSCH,C ET AL. (1995)</source>
    </property>
  </experimental_properties>
  <predicted_properties>
    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>2.92</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logs</kind>
      <value>-2.20</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>2.7</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>pka_strongest_acidic</kind>
      <value>5.19</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>iupac</kind>
      <value>octanoic acid</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>average_mass</kind>
      <value>144.2114</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>mono_mass</kind>
      <value>144.115029756</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>smiles</kind>
      <value>CCCCCCCC(O)=O</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>formula</kind>
      <value>C8H16O2</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>inchi</kind>
      <value>InChI=1S/C8H16O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8(9)10/h2-7H2,1H3,(H,9,10)</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>inchikey</kind>
      <value>WWZKQHOCKIZLMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
      <value>37.3</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>refractivity</kind>
      <value>40.28</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>polarizability</kind>
      <value>17.4</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
      <value>6</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
      <value>2</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>donor_count</kind>
      <value>1</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
      <value>-1</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>formal_charge</kind>
      <value>0</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>number_of_rings</kind>
      <value>0</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>bioavailability</kind>
      <value>1</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>rule_of_five</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>ghose_filter</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>veber_rule</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>mddr_like_rule</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
  </predicted_properties>
  <pathways>
    <pathway>
      <name>Fatty Acid Biosynthesis</name>
      <smpdb_id>SMP0087257</smpdb_id>
      <kegg_map_id/>
    </pathway>
  </pathways>
  <spectra>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrTwoD</type>
      <spectrum_id>1333</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsIr</type>
      <spectrum_id>557</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsIr</type>
      <spectrum_id>558</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsIr</type>
      <spectrum_id>559</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::EiMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>896</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>557</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>991</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2501</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>29469</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>30118</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>30644</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>31152</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>31993</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>37560</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>162715</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>1063271</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>698</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>699</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>700</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>4096</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>4097</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>4098</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>178293</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>178294</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>178295</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>180609</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>180610</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>180611</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>374162</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>437424</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>437425</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>438695</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2244259</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2245853</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2246424</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2697189</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2697190</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2697191</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2981813</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2981814</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2981815</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
      <spectrum_id>1389</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
      <spectrum_id>2206</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
      <spectrum_id>2900</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
      <spectrum_id>4932</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
      <spectrum_id>4933</spectrum_id>
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  </spectra>
  <normal_concentrations>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Blood</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <comment>Detected by infra-red spectroscopy and silieic acid columns</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Laura Evans, Stuart Patton, R.D. McCarthy. Fatty Acid Composition of the Lipid Fractions from Bovine Serum Lipoproteins. J. Dairy Science (1961) 44(3) 475-482   doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(61)89765-8</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Epidermis</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Wishart DS, Feunang YD, Marcu A, Guo AC, Liang K, Vazquez-Fresno R, Sajed T, Johnson D, Li C, Karu N, Sayeeda Z, Lo E, Assempour N, Berjanskii M, Singhal S, Arndt D, Liang Y, Badran H, Grant J, Serra-Cayuela A, Liu Y, Mandal R, Neveu V, Pon A, Knox C, Wilson M, Manach C, Scalbert A: HMDB 4.0: the human metabolome database for 2018. Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 Jan 4;46(D1):D608-D617. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkx1089.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>29140435</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>10.5 +/- 0.4</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Commercial skim milk by LC–MS/MS </comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Foroutan A, Guo AC, Vazquez-Fresno R, Lipfert M, Zhang L, Zheng J, Badran H, Budinski Z, Mandal R, Ametaj BN, Wishart DS: Chemical Composition of Commercial Cow's Milk. J Agric Food Chem. 2019 Apr 17. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b00204.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>30994344</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>12.92 +/- 6.01</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Raw milk metabolite measured during mid-lactation from cows fed diets consisting of total mixed ration (TMR), by 1H-NMR</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>O'Callaghan TF, Vazquez-Fresno R, Serra-Cayuela A, Dong E, Mandal R, Hennessy D, McAuliffe S, Dillon P, Wishart DS, Stanton C, Ross RP: Pasture Feeding Changes the Bovine Rumen and Milk Metabolome. Metabolites. 2018 Apr 6;8(2). pii: metabo8020027. doi: 10.3390/metabo8020027.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>29642378</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>13.4 +/- 0.1</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Commercial 1% milk by LC–MS/MS</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Foroutan A, Guo AC, Vazquez-Fresno R, Lipfert M, Zhang L, Zheng J, Badran H, Budinski Z, Mandal R, Ametaj BN, Wishart DS: Chemical Composition of Commercial Cow's Milk. J Agric Food Chem. 2019 Apr 17. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b00204.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>30994344</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>1594.88</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Milk, partly skim, conventional (not organic), 1.5 % fat</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Fooddata+, The Technical University of Denmark (DTU): https://frida.fooddata.dk/QueryFood.php?fn=milk&amp;lang=en</reference_text>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>1386.85</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Milk, partly skim, organic, 1.5 % fat</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Fooddata+, The Technical University of Denmark (DTU): https://frida.fooddata.dk/QueryFood.php?fn=milk&amp;lang=en</reference_text>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>277.371</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Skim milk</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Fooddata+, The Technical University of Denmark (DTU): https://frida.fooddata.dk/QueryFood.php?fn=milk&amp;lang=en</reference_text>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>1317.51</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Milk, skim, 0.5 % fat</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Fooddata+, The Technical University of Denmark (DTU): https://frida.fooddata.dk/QueryFood.php?fn=milk&amp;lang=en</reference_text>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>10.2 +/- 0.2</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Commercial 2% milk by LC–MS/MS</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Foroutan A, Guo AC, Vazquez-Fresno R, Lipfert M, Zhang L, Zheng J, Badran H, Budinski Z, Mandal R, Ametaj BN, Wishart DS: Chemical Composition of Commercial Cow's Milk. J Agric Food Chem. 2019 Apr 17. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b00204.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>30994344</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>277.371</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Milk, skim, organic</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Fooddata+, The Technical University of Denmark (DTU): https://frida.fooddata.dk/QueryFood.php?fn=milk&amp;lang=en</reference_text>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>3397.79</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Milk, whole, 3.5, (UHT), % fat</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Fooddata+, The Technical University of Denmark (DTU): https://frida.fooddata.dk/QueryFood.php?fn=milk&amp;lang=en</reference_text>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>3328.45</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Milk, whole, conventional (not organic), 3.5 % fat</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Fooddata+, The Technical University of Denmark (DTU): https://frida.fooddata.dk/QueryFood.php?fn=milk&amp;lang=en</reference_text>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>3120.42</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Milk, whole, organic, 3.5 % fat</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Fooddata+, The Technical University of Denmark (DTU): https://frida.fooddata.dk/QueryFood.php?fn=milk&amp;lang=en</reference_text>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>8.8 +/- 0.1</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Commercial 3.25% milk by LC–MS/MS</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Foroutan A, Guo AC, Vazquez-Fresno R, Lipfert M, Zhang L, Zheng J, Badran H, Budinski Z, Mandal R, Ametaj BN, Wishart DS: Chemical Composition of Commercial Cow's Milk. J Agric Food Chem. 2019 Apr 17. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b00204.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>30994344</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <comment>Whole milk</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>GARTON GA: THE COMPOSITION AND BIOSYNTHESIS OF MILK LIPIDS. J Lipid Res. 1963 Jul;4:237-54.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>14168161</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <comment>Whole milk</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Jensen RG: The composition of bovine milk lipids: January 1995 to December 2000. J Dairy Sci. 2002 Feb;85(2):295-350. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74079-4.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>11913692</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>16 +/- 3</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>1% milk by NMR</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Foroutan A, Guo AC, Vazquez-Fresno R, Lipfert M, Zhang L, Zheng J, Badran H, Budinski Z, Mandal R, Ametaj BN, Wishart DS: Chemical Composition of Commercial Cow's Milk. J Agric Food Chem. 2019 Apr 17. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b00204.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>30994344</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>11 +/- 2</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>2% milk by NMR</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Foroutan A, Guo AC, Vazquez-Fresno R, Lipfert M, Zhang L, Zheng J, Badran H, Budinski Z, Mandal R, Ametaj BN, Wishart DS: Chemical Composition of Commercial Cow's Milk. J Agric Food Chem. 2019 Apr 17. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b00204.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>30994344</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>12 +/- 1</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>3.25% milk by NMR</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Foroutan A, Guo AC, Vazquez-Fresno R, Lipfert M, Zhang L, Zheng J, Badran H, Budinski Z, Mandal R, Ametaj BN, Wishart DS: Chemical Composition of Commercial Cow's Milk. J Agric Food Chem. 2019 Apr 17. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b00204.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>30994344</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>14.11 +/- 1.28</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Free fatty acid in raw milk from a Danish Holstein herd by GC-MS</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Bashar Amer, Caroline Nebel, Hanne C. Bertram, Grith Mortensen, Kjeld Hermansen, Trine K. Dalsgaard. Novel method for quantification of individual free fatty acids in milk using an in-solution derivatisation approach and gas chromatography- mass spectrometry. International Dairy Journal 32 (2013) 199-203</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>14 +/- 4</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Skim milk by NMR</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Foroutan A, Guo AC, Vazquez-Fresno R, Lipfert M, Zhang L, Zheng J, Badran H, Budinski Z, Mandal R, Ametaj BN, Wishart DS: Chemical Composition of Commercial Cow's Milk. J Agric Food Chem. 2019 Apr 17. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b00204.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>30994344</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>12.83 +/- 2.57</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Free fatty acid in commercial Danish pasteurised whole milk (3.5% fat) by GC-MS</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Bashar Amer, Caroline Nebel, Hanne C. Bertram, Grith Mortensen, Kjeld Hermansen, Trine K. Dalsgaard. Novel method for quantification of individual free fatty acids in milk using an in-solution derivatisation approach and gas chromatography- mass spectrometry. International Dairy Journal 32 (2013) 199-203</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>3.85 +/- 0.77</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Free fatty acid in commercial Danish pasteurised semi skimmed milk (1.5% fat) by GC-MS</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Bashar Amer, Caroline Nebel, Hanne C. Bertram, Grith Mortensen, Kjeld Hermansen, Trine K. Dalsgaard. Novel method for quantification of individual free fatty acids in milk using an in-solution derivatisation approach and gas chromatography- mass spectrometry. International Dairy Journal 32 (2013) 199-203</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>4.11 +/- 1.026</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Free fatty acid in commercial Danish pasteurised skimmed milk (0.1% fat) by GC-MS</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Bashar Amer, Caroline Nebel, Hanne C. Bertram, Grith Mortensen, Kjeld Hermansen, Trine K. Dalsgaard. Novel method for quantification of individual free fatty acids in milk using an in-solution derivatisation approach and gas chromatography- mass spectrometry. International Dairy Journal 32 (2013) 199-203</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>12.9 +/- 0.02</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Free fatty acid in raw milk by GC-MS</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Bashar Amer, Caroline Nebel, Hanne C. Bertram, Grith Mortensen, Kjeld Hermansen, Trine K. Dalsgaard. Novel method for quantification of individual free fatty acids in milk using an in-solution derivatisation approach and gas chromatography- mass spectrometry. International Dairy Journal 32 (2013) 199-203</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Jensen RG, Ferris AM, Lammi-Keefe CJ: The composition of milk fat. J Dairy Sci. 1991 Sep;74(9):3228-43. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(91)78509-3.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>1779072</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>4853.999 +/- 2080.285</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Raw milk</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Soyeurt H, Dardenne P, Dehareng F, Lognay G, Veselko D, Marlier M, Bertozzi C, Mayeres P, Gengler N: Estimating fatty acid content in cow milk using mid-infrared spectrometry. J Dairy Sci. 2006 Sep;89(9):3690-5. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72409-2.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>16899705</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>17.682 +/- 0.42</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Whole milk</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Catrienus De Jong Herman T. Badings. Determination of free fatty acids in milk and cheese procedures for extraction, clean up, and capillary gas chromatographic analysis. Journal of High Resolution Chromatography Volume 13, Issue 2, 1990</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <comment>Commercial, conventional whole milk</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Kurt J. Boudonck, Matthew W. Mitchell, Jacob Wulff, John A. Ryals. Characterization of the biochemical variability of bovine milk using metabolomics. Metabolomics (2009) 5:375-386   doi: 10.1007/s11306-009-0160-8</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <comment>Detected but not quantified in conventional whole milk</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Kurt J. Boudonck, Matthew W. Mitchell, Jacob Wulff and John A. Ryals. Characterization of the biochemical variability of bovine milk using metabolomics. Metabolomics (2009) 5:375?386</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>23.01 +/- 8.03</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Raw milk metabolite measured during mid-lactation from cows fed diets consisting of perennial ryegrass (GRS), by 1H-NMR</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>O'Callaghan TF, Vazquez-Fresno R, Serra-Cayuela A, Dong E, Mandal R, Hennessy D, McAuliffe S, Dillon P, Wishart DS, Stanton C, Ross RP: Pasture Feeding Changes the Bovine Rumen and Milk Metabolome. Metabolites. 2018 Apr 6;8(2). pii: metabo8020027. doi: 10.3390/metabo8020027.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>29642378</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>3536.485 +/- 832.114</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>The samples were collected from crossbred Holstein × Normande dairy cows, Montbéliarde cattles and Prim'Holstein. The fat content was estimated by MIR spectrometry. This the calibration set of samples</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>M. Ferrand et al. Determination of fatty acid profile in cow's milk using mid-infrared spectrometry: Interest of applying a variable selection by genetic algorithms before a PLS regression. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems 106 (2011) 183?189</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>3397.799 +/- 693.428</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>The samples were collected from crossbred Holstein × Normande dairy cows, Montbéliarde cattles and Prim'Holstein. The fat content was estimated by MIR spectrometry. This the validation set of samples</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>M. Ferrand et al. Determination of fatty acid profile in cow's milk using mid-infrared spectrometry: Interest of applying a variable selection by genetic algorithms before a PLS regression. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems 106 (2011) 183?189</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <comment>Commercial, conventional whole milk</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Lawrence K. Creamer, Alastair K.H. MacGibbon. Some recent advances in the basic chemistry of milk proteins and lipids. International Dairy J. (1996) 6(6):539-568   doi: 10.1016/0958-6946(96)85309-X</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>14.23 +/- 6.69</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Raw milk metabolite measured during mid-lactation from cows fed diets consisting of perennial ryegrass and white clover (CLV), by 1H-NMR</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>O'Callaghan TF, Vazquez-Fresno R, Serra-Cayuela A, Dong E, Mandal R, Hennessy D, McAuliffe S, Dillon P, Wishart DS, Stanton C, Ross RP: Pasture Feeding Changes the Bovine Rumen and Milk Metabolome. Metabolites. 2018 Apr 6;8(2). pii: metabo8020027. doi: 10.3390/metabo8020027.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>29642378</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>0.8 (0.6 - 1.6)</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>3.5%</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Harper, W. J., Gould, I. A. and Hankinson, C. L. 1961. Observations on the free volatile acids in milk. J. Dairy Sci. 44, 1764-1765</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>0.8 (0.6 - 1.4)</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>3.5%</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Harper, W. J., Gould, I. A. and Hankinson, C. L. 1961. Observations on the free volatile acids in milk. J. Dairy Sci. 44, 1764-1765</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>0.8 (0.6 - 1.7)</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>3.5%</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Harper, W. J., Gould, I. A. and Hankinson, C. L. 1961. Observations on the free volatile acids in milk. J. Dairy Sci. 44, 1764-1765</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>5.6 (0.8 - 10.6)</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>3.5%</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Harper, W. J., Gould, I. A. and Hankinson, C. L. 1961. Observations on the free volatile acids in milk. J. Dairy Sci. 44, 1764-1765</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Placenta</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Wishart DS, Feunang YD, Marcu A, Guo AC, Liang K, Vazquez-Fresno R, Sajed T, Johnson D, Li C, Karu N, Sayeeda Z, Lo E, Assempour N, Berjanskii M, Singhal S, Arndt D, Liang Y, Badran H, Grant J, Serra-Cayuela A, Liu Y, Mandal R, Neveu V, Pon A, Knox C, Wilson M, Manach C, Scalbert A: HMDB 4.0: the human metabolome database for 2018. Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 Jan 4;46(D1):D608-D617. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkx1089.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>29140435</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
  </normal_concentrations>
  <kegg_id>C06423</kegg_id>
  <chemspider_id>370</chemspider_id>
  <foodb_id>FDB003336</foodb_id>
  <drugbank_id>DB04519</drugbank_id>
  <pubchem_compound_id>379</pubchem_compound_id>
  <pdbe_id/>
  <chebi_id>28837</chebi_id>
  <phenol_explorer_compound_id/>
  <knapsack_id>C00001231</knapsack_id>
  <meta_cyc_id>CPD-195</meta_cyc_id>
  <bigg_id>48223</bigg_id>
  <wikipedia_id>Caprylic_acid</wikipedia_id>
  <metlin_id>5469</metlin_id>
  <synthesis_reference>Caprylic acid. Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho  (1983),     4 pp.</synthesis_reference>
  <general_references>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Soyeurt H, Dardenne P, Dehareng F, Lognay G, Veselko D, Marlier M, Bertozzi C, Mayeres P, Gengler N: Estimating fatty acid content in cow milk using mid-infrared spectrometry. J Dairy Sci. 2006 Sep;89(9):3690-5. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72409-2.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>16899705</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Jensen RG: The composition of bovine milk lipids: January 1995 to December 2000. J Dairy Sci. 2002 Feb;85(2):295-350. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74079-4.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>11913692</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Jensen RG, Ferris AM, Lammi-Keefe CJ: The composition of milk fat. J Dairy Sci. 1991 Sep;74(9):3228-43. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(91)78509-3.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>1779072</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Colman E, Fokkink WB, Craninx M, Newbold JR, De Baets B, Fievez V: Effect of induction of subacute ruminal acidosis on milk fat profile and rumen parameters. J Dairy Sci. 2010 Oct;93(10):4759-73. doi: 10.3168/jds.2010-3158.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>20855010</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>GARTON GA: THE COMPOSITION AND BIOSYNTHESIS OF MILK LIPIDS. J Lipid Res. 1963 Jul;4:237-54.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>14168161</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>O'Callaghan TF, Vazquez-Fresno R, Serra-Cayuela A, Dong E, Mandal R, Hennessy D, McAuliffe S, Dillon P, Wishart DS, Stanton C, Ross RP: Pasture Feeding Changes the Bovine Rumen and Milk Metabolome. Metabolites. 2018 Apr 6;8(2). pii: metabo8020027. doi: 10.3390/metabo8020027.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>29642378</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>van Gastelen S, Antunes-Fernandes EC, Hettinga KA, Dijkstra J: Relationships between methane emission of Holstein Friesian dairy cows and fatty acids, volatile metabolites and non-volatile metabolites in milk. Animal. 2017 Sep;11(9):1539-1548. doi: 10.1017/S1751731117000295. Epub 2017 Feb 21.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>28219465</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Kurt J. Boudonck, Matthew W. Mitchell, Jacob Wulff and John A. Ryals. Characterization of the biochemical variability of bovine milk using metabolomics. Metabolomics (2009) 5:375?386</reference_text>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>M. Ferrand et al. Determination of fatty acid profile in cow's milk using mid-infrared spectrometry: Interest of applying a variable selection by genetic algorithms before a PLS regression. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems 106 (2011) 183?189</reference_text>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Lawrence K. Creamer, Alastair K.H. MacGibbon. Some recent advances in the basic chemistry of milk proteins and lipids. International Dairy J. (1996) 6(6):539-568   doi: 10.1016/0958-6946(96)85309-X</reference_text>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>A. Foroutan et al. The Chemical Composition of Commercial Cow's Milk (in preparation)</reference_text>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Fooddata+, The Technical University of Denmark (DTU): https://frida.fooddata.dk/QueryFood.php?fn=milk&amp;lang=en</reference_text>
    </reference>
  </general_references>
  <protein_associations>
    <protein>
      <protein_accession>BMDBP00368</protein_accession>
      <name>Fatty acid synthase</name>
      <uniprot_id>Q71SP7</uniprot_id>
      <gene_name>FASN</gene_name>
      <protein_type>Enzyme</protein_type>
    </protein>
  </protein_associations>
</metabolite>
