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DB02938InvestigationalSmall molecule
Heptanoic acid: Overview.
- Mechanism
- Curator reviewed
Pharmacologically active on Phospholipase A2
- Formula / weight
- C7H14O2 · 130.1849 g/mol (avg)
- Also known as
- Enanthic acid · Enanthylic acid · Heptoic acid · Heptylic acid · n-Heptanoic acid
- Code names
- FEMA NO. 3348 · NSC-2192
Resolves to
Clinical / RWD
Structure
InChIKey
MNWFXJYAOYHMED-UHFFFAOYSA-NSMILESCCCCCCC(O)=OTargets
What you can answer from here — as of September 13, 2026
Which drugs share a target with Heptanoic acid, and which of those have an active Phase 3 trial?