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Myo-inositol

87-89-8C6H12O6180.156 g/mol

An inositol having myo- configuration. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number87-89-8ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC6H12O6ChEBI ↗
Molar mass180.156 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass180.06339 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:17268ChEBI ↗

Names & structural identifiers

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myo-inositol
myo-inositol
CDAISMWEOUEBRE-GPIVLXJGSA-N
O[C@H]1[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H]1O
InChI=1S/C6H12O6/c7-1-2(8)4(10)6(12)5(11)3(1)9/h1-12H/t1-,2-,3-,4+,5-,6-

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

compatible osmolytesnutrientEC 3.1.4.11 (phosphoinositide phospholipase C) inhibitormouse metaboliteSaccharomyces cerevisiae metaboliteEscherichia coli metabolitehuman metaboliteDaphnia magna metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00555074 mol

Uses 180.156 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
O
Oxygen · 6 atoms
53.28%
C
Carbon · 6 atoms
40.00%
H
Hydrogen · 12 atoms
6.71%

Calculated theoretical mass fractions from the reported formula and PubChem periodic-table atomic masses. These are not assay or purity results.

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:17268

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

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