dihydroxyacetone

Details

Instance of

type of chemical entity

Subclass of

ketose, triose

Part of

glycerone kinase activity, glycerol dehydrogenase [NAD+] activity, phosphoenolpyruvate-glycerone phosphotransferase activity, formaldehyde transketolase activity, glycerol 2-dehydrogenase (NADP+) activity, glycerol dehydrogenase (acceptor) activity, fructose 6-phosphate aldolase activity

Has parts

carbon, oxygen, hydrogen

active ingredient in

self tanner, Coppertone QT, Man-Tan, spray tan solution

canonical SMILES

C(C(=O)CO)O

chemical formula

C₃H₆O₃

found in taxon

Homo sapiens, Caenorhabditis elegans, Arabidopsis thaliana, Escherichia coli

has use

sunless tanning, spray tanning

mass

90.032

medical condition treated

leukoderma