propylparaben

CHEBI:32063 ·resolve ·ANTIFUNGAL ·EXACT SEEDED

The benzoate ester that is the propyl ester of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid. Preservative typically found in many water-based cosmetics, such as creams, lotions, shampoos and bath products. Also used as a food additive. — 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:33853 CHEBI:33853
CHEBI:36054 CHEBI:36054
CHEBI:85122 CHEBI:85122

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C10H12O3
Charge	0
Average mass	180.203 Da
Monoisotopic mass	180.07864 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	QELSKZZBTMNZEB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CCCOC(=O)c1ccc(O)cc1

InChI

InChI=1S/C10H12O3/c1-2-7-13-10(12)8-3-5-9(11)6-4-8/h3-6,11H,2,7H2,1H3

Also called

propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
4-Hydroxybenzoic acid propyl ester (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
4-Hydroxybenzoic acid, propyl ester (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Propyl p-hydroxybenzoate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Propyl parahydroxybenzoate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
n-Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
n-Propyl p-hydroxybenzoate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
n-propyl paraben (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
p-Hydroxybenzoic acid propyl ester (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
p-Hydroxybenzoic propyl ester (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
p-Hydroxypropyl benzoate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
p-Oxybenzoesäurepropylester (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
propyl paraben (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:94-13-3
drugcentral:2307
hmdb:HMDB0032574
kegg.drug:D01422
reaxys:1103245
wikipedia.en:Propylparaben

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:32063`	propylparaben	`antibioticmech:chebi-87f7317412`	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.