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Spermidine

124-20-9C7H19N3145.25 g/mol

A triamine that is the 1,5,10-triaza derivative of decane. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number124-20-9ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC7H19N3ChEBI ↗
Molar mass145.25 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass145.1579 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:16610ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass145.25 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass145.157897619 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP-1PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)64.1PubChem ↗
H-bond donors3PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors3PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds7PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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spermidine
N-(3-aminopropyl)butane-1,4-diamine
ATHGHQPFGPMSJY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
NCCCCNCCCN
InChI=1S/C7H19N3/c8-4-1-2-6-10-7-3-5-9/h10H,1-9H2

Names & synonyms

N-(3-aminopropyl)butane-1,4-diamine

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

autophagy inducergeroprotectorantihypertensive agentfundamental metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00688468 mol

Uses 145.25 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 7 atoms
57.88%
N
Nitrogen · 3 atoms
28.93%
H
Hydrogen · 19 atoms
13.19%

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Research & patent references

Selected source associations
Elevated spermidine and spermine levels in the blood of psoriasis patients. ↗The Journal of investigative dermatology · 1975 Oct · PMID 1176793
Induction of autophagy by spermidine promotes longevity. ↗Nature cell biology · 2009 Nov · PMID 19801973

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:16610

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 1102 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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