3,4,5-tricaffeoylquinic acid

CHEBI:233498 ·resolve ·ANTIVIRAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A carboxylic ester that is the triester obtained by the condensation of the hydroxy groups at positions 3, 4, and 5 of (−)-quinic acid with the carboxy group of caffeic acid. — 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:33566
Label unavailable CHEBI:36087
Label unavailable CHEBI:36123

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C34H30O15
Charge	0
Average mass	678.599 Da
Monoisotopic mass	678.15847 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	OAFXTKGAKYAFSI-UPHZGLEOSA-N

SMILES

[H]C(=Cc1ccc(O)c(O)c1)C(=O)O[C@@H]1C[C@](O)(C(=O)O)C[C@@H](OC(=O)C([H])=Cc2ccc(O)c(O)c2)[C@H]1OC(=O)C([H])=Cc1ccc(O)c(O)c1

InChI

InChI=1S/C34H30O15/c35-21-7-1-18(13-24(21)38)4-10-29(41)47-27-16-34(46,33(44)45)17-28(48-30(42)11-5-19-2-8-22(36)25(39)14-19)32(27)49-31(43)12-6-20-3-9-23(37)26(40)15-20/h1-15,27-28,32,35-40,46H,16-17H2,(H,44,45)/t27-,28-,32-,34+/m1/s1

Also called

(1S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-tris{[3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxy}-1-hydroxycyclohexanecarboxylic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3,4,5-TCQA (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3,4,5-tri-O-caffeoylquinic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3,4,5-triCQA (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Activity roles

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

antiviral agent CHEBI:22587
anti-HIV agent CHEBI:64946

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:233498`	3,4,5-tricaffeoylquinic acid	`antibioticmech:chebi-93141ecaf9`	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 (YAML).

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