The molecule is a carboxylic ester resulting from the formal condensation of the carboxylic acid group of octanoic (caprylic) acid with the anomeric hydroxy group of beta-D-glucuronic acid. It has a role as a metabolite. It is a beta-D-glucosiduronic acid, an octanoate ester and an O-acyl carbohydrate. It derives from a beta-D-glucuronic acid.
(2S,3S,4S,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-octanoyloxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid