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Sialic acids are a class of alpha-keto acid sugars with a nine-carbon backbone. The term "sialic acid" was first introduced by Swedish biochemist Gunnar Blix in 1952. The most common member of this group is N-acetylneuraminic acid found in animals and some prokaryotes.   Wikipedia

  • SMILES: CC(=O)N[C@H]1[C@H]([C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)CO)O[C@@](O)(C(=O)O)C[C@@H]1O
  • InChIKey: SQVRNKJHWKZAKO-USOVHJGOSA-N
  • Mol. Mass: 309.27
  • ALogP: -3.87
  • ChEMBL Molecule:
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