glycyrrhizol B

CHEBI:65977 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

An organic heteropentacyclic compound that is 2H-pyrano[3',4',5'',6'']-pterocarpene substituted by a hydroxy group at position 7, a methoxy group at position 5 and geminal methyl groups at position 2''. 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:25698 CHEBI:25698
CHEBI:33853 CHEBI:33853
CHEBI:38164 CHEBI:38164

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C21H18O5
Charge	0
Average mass	350.37 Da
Monoisotopic mass	350.11542 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	BKLGAGSBCOUJGV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

COc1cc(O)cc2c1-c1oc3c4c(ccc3c1CO2)OC(C)(C)C=C4

InChI

InChI=1S/C21H18O5/c1-21(2)7-6-13-15(26-21)5-4-12-14-10-24-17-9-11(22)8-16(23-3)18(17)20(14)25-19(12)13/h4-9,22H,10H2,1-3H3

Also called

12-methoxy-3,3-dimethyl-3H,7H-furo[3,2-c:5,4-f']dichromen-10-ol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
7-hydroxy-5-methoxy-2'',2''-dimethyl-2H-pyrano[3',4',5'',6'']-pterocarpene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

reaxys:18589783

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:65977`	glycyrrhizol B	`antibioticmech:chebi-8e0d765f9f`	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

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