chrysophanol
CHEBI:3687
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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
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.
Chemical structure
Computed structure properties
| Molecular formula | C15H10O4 |
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| Charge | 0 |
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| Average mass | 254.241 Da |
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| Monoisotopic mass | 254.05791 Da |
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| Source | ChEBI |
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| InChIKey | LQGUBLBATBMXHT-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
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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
Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.
- cas:481-74-3
- gmelin:220618
- hmdb:HMDB0030670
- kegg.compound:C10315
- knapsack:C00000568
- lincs.smallmolecule:LSM-19027
- lipidmaps:LMPK13040006
- metacyc.compound:CPD-8216
- reaxys:1252300
- wikipedia.en:Chrysophanol
Activity roles
Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the
unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.
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 |
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| CHEBI |
CHEBI:3687 |
chrysophanol |
antibioticmech:chebi-b49ce808ec |
2026-08-30 |
Curation history
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SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES
2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES
2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
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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/.
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