theaflavin

CHEBI:136609 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A biflavonoid that is 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzocyclohepten-6-one which is substituted at positions 1 and 8 by (2R,3R)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-2-yl groups. It is the main red pigment in black tea. — 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.

Label unavailable CHEBI:26195
Label unavailable CHEBI:50128

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C29H24O12
Charge	0
Average mass	564.499 Da
Monoisotopic mass	564.12678 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	IPMYMEWFZKHGAX-ZKSIBHASSA-N

SMILES

[H][C@]1(c2cc(=O)c(O)c3c(O)c(O)cc([C@@]4([H])Oc5cc(O)cc(O)c5C[C@H]4O)c3c2)Oc2cc(O)cc(O)c2C[C@H]1O

InChI

InChI=1S/C29H24O12/c30-11-3-17(32)15-8-21(36)28(40-23(15)5-11)10-1-13-14(7-20(35)27(39)25(13)26(38)19(34)2-10)29-22(37)9-16-18(33)4-12(31)6-24(16)41-29/h1-7,21-22,28-33,35-37,39H,8-9H2,(H,34,38)/t21-,22-,28-,29-/m1/s1

Also called

3,4,5-trihydroxy-1,8-bis[(2R,3R)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-2-yl]-6H-benzocyclohepten-6-one (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
(−)-theaflavin (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
1,8-bis((2R,3R)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-yl)-3,4,6-trihydroxy-5H-benzocyclohepten-5-one (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
1,8-bis(3-α,5,7-trihydroxy-2-α-chromanyl)-5H-benzocyclohepten-5-one (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3,4,5-trihydroxy-1,8-bis[(2R,3R)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-2-yl]-6H-benzo[7]annulen-6-one (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
theaflavine (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

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Patents and articles

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Activity roles

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

antibacterial agent CHEBI:33282

Source concepts

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Upstream concepts merged into this record
Source	Native ID	Label	Minted CURIE	Version
CHEBI	`CHEBI:136609`	theaflavin	`antibioticmech:chebi-55f9eed3ec`	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
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-09-10 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-09-10 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

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