glycyrrhizol A

CHEBI:65976 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A member of the class of coumestans that is 3,4-didehydroterocarpan substituted by hydroxy groups at positions 7 and 4', a methoxy group at position 5 and prenyl groups at positions 6 and 5'. Isolated from the roots of Glycyrrhiza uralensis, it exhibits antibacterial activity. — ChEBI

Machine-generated and unreviewed. Identity, structure and cross-references come straight from ChEBI's and CARD's own data; no curator has signed off on this record yet.

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

CHEBI:26195 CHEBI:26195
CHEBI:35618 CHEBI:35618
CHEBI:72577 CHEBI:72577

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C26H28O5
Charge	0
Average mass	420.505 Da
Monoisotopic mass	420.19367 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	CBPFOSMNDISZLV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

COc1c(CC=C(C)C)c(O)cc2c1-c1oc3cc(O)c(CC=C(C)C)cc3c1CO2

InChI

InChI=1S/C26H28O5/c1-14(2)6-8-16-10-18-19-13-30-23-12-21(28)17(9-7-15(3)4)25(29-5)24(23)26(19)31-22(18)11-20(16)27/h6-7,10-12,27-28H,8-9,13H2,1-5H3

Also called

1-methoxy-2,8-bis(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-6H-[1]benzofuro[3,2-c]chromene-3,9-diol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
7,4'-dihydroxy-5-methoxy-6,5'-di(3,3-dimethylallyl)-pterocarpene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

reaxys:18589784
wikipedia.en:Glycyrrhizol

Activity roles

Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.

CHEBI:33282 CHEBI:33282

Source concepts

Every upstream concept that resolved to this record. The merge is the product: this is what shows ChEBI and CARD are describing the same structure.

Upstream concepts merged into this record
Source	Native ID	Label	Minted CURIE	Version
CHEBI	`CHEBI:65976`	glycyrrhizol A	`antibioticmech:chebi-0679f413ea`	2026-08-30

Curation history

SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

Seeded by scripts/seed_from_sources.py from the committed inventories in data/raw/. View the record.