carvacrol

CHEBI:3440 ·resolve ·ANTIFUNGAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A phenol that is a natural monoterpene derivative of cymene. An inhibitor of bacterial growth, it is used as a food additive. Potent activator of the human ion channels transient receptor potential V3 (TRPV3) and A1 (TRPA1). — 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:25186 CHEBI:25186
CHEBI:33853 CHEBI:33853
CHEBI:86494 CHEBI:86494

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C10H14O
Charge	0
Average mass	150.221 Da
Monoisotopic mass	150.10447 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	RECUKUPTGUEGMW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

Cc1ccc(C(C)C)cc1O

InChI

InChI=1S/C10H14O/c1-7(2)9-5-4-8(3)10(11)6-9/h4-7,11H,1-3H3

Also called

2-methyl-5-(propan-2-yl)phenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
1-Hydroxy-2-methyl-5-isopropylbenzene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
1-Methyl-2-hydroxy-4-isopropylbenzene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
2-Hydroxy-p-cymene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
2-Methyl-5-(1-methylethyl)phenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
2-Methyl-5-isopropylphenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
2-p-Cymenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3-Isopropyl-6-methylphenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
5-Isopropyl-2-methylphenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
5-Isopropyl-o-cresol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Carvacrol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

beilstein:1860514
cas:499-75-2
kegg.compound:C09840
knapsack:C00000156
lipidmaps:LMPR0102090017
wikipedia.en:Carvacrol

Activity roles

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

CHEBI:33281 CHEBI:33281
CHEBI:35718 CHEBI:35718

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:3440`	carvacrol	`antibioticmech:chebi-5246386aa4`	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.