ginkgetin

CHEBI:5353 ·resolve ·ANTIVIRAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A biflavonoid that is the 7,4'-dimethyl ether derivative of amentoflavone. Isolated from Ginkgo biloba and Dioon, it exhibits anti-HSV-1, antineoplastic and inhibitory activities towards arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase 2. — ChEBI

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Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

Label unavailable CHEBI:24698
Label unavailable CHEBI:25241
Label unavailable CHEBI:36820
Label unavailable CHEBI:50128

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C32H22O10
Charge	0
Average mass	566.518 Da
Monoisotopic mass	566.1213 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	AIFCFBUSLAEIBR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

COc1cc(O)c2c(=O)cc(-c3ccc(OC)c(-c4c(O)cc(O)c5c(=O)cc(-c6ccc(O)cc6)oc45)c3)oc2c1

InChI

InChI=1S/C32H22O10/c1-39-18-10-20(34)30-23(37)13-27(41-28(30)11-18)16-5-8-25(40-2)19(9-16)29-21(35)12-22(36)31-24(38)14-26(42-32(29)31)15-3-6-17(33)7-4-15/h3-14,33-36H,1-2H3

Also called

5,7-dihydroxy-8-[5-(5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-4-oxo-4H-chromen-2-yl)-2-methoxyphenyl]-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4H-chromen-4-one (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
4''',5,5'',7''-tetrahydroxy-4',7-dimethoxy-(3'→8'')-biflavone (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
5,7-dihydroxy-8-(5-(5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran-2-yl)-2-methoxyphenyl)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Amentoflavone 7,4'-dimethyl ether (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Ginkgetin (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
amentoflavone 7,4'-dimethyl ether (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Identifiers for this same structure in other resources. An accession that lands on two different structures in this corpus is withheld from both rather than shown here, since it names at most one of them.

Activity roles

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

anti-HSV-1 agent CHEBI:64953

Source concepts

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Upstream concepts merged into this record
Source	Native ID	Label	Minted CURIE	Version
CHEBI	`CHEBI:5353`	ginkgetin	`antibioticmech:chebi-1b6891c3ef`	2026-08-30

Curation history

SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-31 · seed_from_sources
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-09-02 · seed_from_sources
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Provenance

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