Term Name: dimethyl diselenide
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 )

Relationships
is a type of: organoselenium compound
has_role: bacterial metabolite human xenobiotic metabolite mammalian metabolite plant metabolite