Term Name: | dimethyl diselenide |
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Synonyms: | (CH3Se)2, (methyldiselanyl)methane, 1,2-dimethyldiselane, dimethyldiselane, dimethyldiselenide, diselenide, dimethyl, diselenobismethane, methyl diselenide |
Definition: | An organoselenium compound that is diselane covalently bound to two methyl groups. It has been detected in onion-family vegetables and soft-necked garlics. It induces ER stress and toxic protein aggregation in the budding yeast, S. cerevisiae and used as a reagent to identify distonic radical cations. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:176517] ( EBI ) |