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- N-(1-Oxopentyl)glycine
- N-Pentanoylglycine
- N-n-Valerylglycine
- (Pentanoylamino)acetic acid
- (Pentanoylamino)essigs?ure
- 2-(Pentanoylamino)ethanoic acid
- 2-Pentanamidoacetic Acid
- Acide (pentanoylamino)acétique
- Glycine, N-valeryl-
- N-valeryl-Glycine
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- Valerylglycine
- glycine, N-(1-oxopentyl)-
- N-pentanoylglycine
Applications N-Pentanoylglycine is an acyl derivative of Glycine (G615990). The presence of N-Pentanoylglycine (among other metabolites) in urine is used in medicine to diagnose inborn errors of metabolism (such as mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation defects) through the use of liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry.
References Ombrone, D., et al.: Anal. Biochem., 417, 122 (2011); Shigeru, K. & Takashi, M.: Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 94, 201 (1961)