docosan-1-ol
CHEBI:31000
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A long-chain primary fatty alcohol that is docosane substituted by a hydroxy group at position 1. It is a non-prescription medicine approved by the FDA to shorten healing time of cold sores. — 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 | C22H46O |
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| Charge | 0 |
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| Average mass | 326.609 Da |
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| Monoisotopic mass | 326.35487 Da |
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| Source | ChEBI |
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| InChIKey | NOPFSRXAKWQILS-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
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SMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCO
InChI
InChI=1S/C22H46O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23/h23H,2-22H2,1H3
Also called
- Abreva (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
- Tadenan (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
- 1-docosanol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- behenic alcohol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- behenyl alcohol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- docosanol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- docosyl alcohol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- n-docosanol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Cross-references
Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.
- cas:661-19-8
- drugbank:DB00632
- drugcentral:940
- foodb.food:FDB007105
- hmdb:HMDB0014770
- knapsack:C00030805
- lipidmaps:LMFA05000008
- patent:GB2484201
- patent:US2011146702
- reaxys:1770470
- wikipedia.en:1-Docosanol
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:31000 |
docosan-1-ol |
antibioticmech:chebi-0754252e9d |
2026-08-30 |
Mechanism summary
- Clinical status
- APPROVED
Curation history
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Provenance
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