CHEBI:3687 - chrysophanol

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ChEBI Name chrysophanol
ChEBI ID CHEBI:3687
Definition A trihydroxyanthraquinone that is chrysazin with a methyl substituent at C-3. It has been isolated from Aloe vera and exhibits antiviral and anti-inflammatory activity.
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Formula C15H10O4
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 254.23750
Monoisotopic Mass 254.05791
InChI InChI=1S/C15H10O4/c1-7-5-9-13(11(17)6-7)15(19)12-8(14(9)18)3-2-4-10(12)16/h2-6,16-17H,1H3
InChIKey LQGUBLBATBMXHT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES Cc1cc(O)c2C(=O)c3c(O)cccc3C(=O)c2c1
Metabolite of Species Details
Aloe vera (NCBI:txid34199) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): antiviral agent
A substance that destroys or inhibits replication of viruses.
plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
Application(s): anti-inflammatory agent
Any compound that has anti-inflammatory effects.
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Outgoing chrysophanol (CHEBI:3687) has functional parent chrysazin (CHEBI:3682)
chrysophanol (CHEBI:3687) has role anti-inflammatory agent (CHEBI:67079)
chrysophanol (CHEBI:3687) has role antiviral agent (CHEBI:22587)
chrysophanol (CHEBI:3687) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
chrysophanol (CHEBI:3687) is a dihydroxyanthraquinone (CHEBI:37484)
Incoming 2-hydroxychrysophanol (CHEBI:7635) has functional parent chrysophanol (CHEBI:3687)
chrysophanol 8-O-β-D-glucoside (CHEBI:3688) has functional parent chrysophanol (CHEBI:3687)
IUPAC Name
1,8-dihydroxy-3-methyl-9,10-anthraquinone
Synonyms Sources
1,8-dihydroxy-3-methyl-9,10-anthracenedione ChemIDplus
1,8-Dihydroxy-3-methylanthraquinone KEGG COMPOUND
3-methylchrysazin ChemIDplus
Chrysophanic acid KEGG COMPOUND
chrysophanol UniProt
Chrysophanol KEGG COMPOUND
Chrysophansäure ChEBI
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00000568 KNApSAcK
C10315 KEGG COMPOUND
Chrysophanol Wikipedia
CPD-8216 MetaCyc
HMDB0030670 HMDB
LMPK13040006 LIPID MAPS
LSM-19027 LINCS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1252300 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
220618 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
481-74-3 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
481-74-3 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
19742131 PubMed citation Europe PMC
24136708 PubMed citation Europe PMC
24358188 PubMed citation Europe PMC
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Last Modified
26 May 2020