Showing Compound Magnesium (FDB003518)
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public_id | FDB003518 | ||||||||||||||
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name | Magnesium | ||||||||||||||
description | Magnesium is the chemical element with the symbol Mg, atomic number 12 and common oxidation number +2. Its ions (Mg++) are essential to all living cells, where they play a major role in manipulating important biological polyphosphate compounds like ATP, DNA, and RNA. Hundreds of enzymes thus require magnesium ions to function. [Wikipedia] | ||||||||||||||
cas_number | 7439-95-4 | ||||||||||||||
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created_at | 2010-04-08 22:05:50 | ||||||||||||||
updated_at | 2011-10-31 16:11:30 | ||||||||||||||
moldb_smiles | [Mg++] | ||||||||||||||
moldb_formula | Mg | ||||||||||||||
moldb_average_mass | 24.305 | ||||||||||||||
moldb_inchi | InChI=1S/Mg/q+2 | ||||||||||||||
moldb_mono_mass | 23.985041898 | ||||||||||||||
moldb_inchikey | InChIKey=JLVVSXFLKOJNIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N | ||||||||||||||
moldb_iupac | magnesium(2+) ion | ||||||||||||||
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