The molecule is an omega-hydroxy fatty acid ascaroside obtained by formal condensation of the alcoholic hydroxy group of 17-hydroxyheptadecanoic acid with ascarylopyranose (the alpha anomer). It is a metabolite of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. It has a role as a Caenorhabditis elegans metabolite. It is a monocarboxylic acid and an omega-hydroxy fatty acid ascaroside. It derives from a 17-hydroxymargaric acid. It is a conjugate acid of an oscr#30(1-).
17-[(2R,3R,5R,6S)-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyheptadecanoic acid