chrysophanol

CHEBI:3687 ·resolve ·ANTIVIRAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A trihydroxyanthraquinone that is chrysazin with a methyl substituent at C-3. It has been isolated from Aloe vera and exhibits antiviral and anti-inflammatory activity. — ChEBI

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Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

Label unavailable CHEBI:37484

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C15H10O4
Charge	0
Average mass	254.241 Da
Monoisotopic mass	254.05791 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	LQGUBLBATBMXHT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

Cc1cc(O)c2c(c1)C(=O)c1cccc(O)c1C2=O

InChI

InChI=1S/C15H10O4/c1-7-5-9-13(11(17)6-7)15(19)12-8(14(9)18)3-2-4-10(12)16/h2-6,16-17H,1H3

Also called

1,8-dihydroxy-3-methyl-9,10-anthraquinone (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
1,8-Dihydroxy-3-methylanthraquinone (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
1,8-dihydroxy-3-methyl-9,10-anthracenedione (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3-methylchrysazin (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Chrysophanic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Chrysophanol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Chrysophansäure (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

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Patents and articles

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wikipedia.en:Chrysophanol

Activity roles

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

antiviral agent CHEBI:22587

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:3687`	chrysophanol	`antibioticmech:chebi-b49ce808ec`	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

Provenance

Seeded by scripts/seed_from_sources.py from the committed inventories in data/raw/. View the record (YAML).

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