Gentisic acid

CHEBI:17189 chemically defined MAPPED CHEBI EXACT_MATCH

Ontology mapping

Primary identifier
CHEBI:17189
Ontology label
2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid

Nutritional roles

Synonyms (6)

SynonymTypeSourceOccurrences
(sodium salt) RAW_TEXT CultureMech
2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
5-hydroxysalicylic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Hydroquinonecarboxylic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
2,5-Dihydroxybenzoate EXACT_SYNONYM chebi_synonym_review
Gentisate RAW_TEXT microbedecoder

Chemical properties

Cas rn
490-79-9
Data source
PubChem API
Retrieval date
2026-04-05T19:52:14.048460+00:00
Molecular formula
C7H6O4
Inchi
InChI=1S/C7H6O4/c8-4-1-2-6(9)5(3-4)7(10)11/h1-3,8-9H,(H,10,11)
Smiles
O=C(O)c1cc(O)ccc1O

Evidence (1)

DATABASE_MATCH via CultureMech

Imported from CultureMech pipeline, quality=DIRECT_MATCH

Occurrence statistics

Total occurrences
3
Distinct media
3

Curation history

TimestampCuratorActionNew statusChanges
2026-03-09T06:54:18.022301+00:00 import_from_culturemech IMPORTED MAPPED Initial import from CultureMech pipeline
2026-04-05T19:52:14.048504+00:00 fetch_cas_rn_from_pubchem ADDED_CAS_RN MAPPED Added CAS-RN:490-79-9 from PubChem API via name lookup (Gentisic acid)
2026-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 cbclaw_kg_microbe_sweep LLM ADDED_SYNONYMS MAPPED Added 3 synonyms from kg-microbe P4.4 enrichment: 2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid, 5-hydroxysalicylic acid, Hydroquinonecarboxylic acid
2026-05-01T07:35:33.763131+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_CLASSIFY_INGREDIENT_TYPE set ingredient_type=SINGLE_INGREDIENT (CHEBI primary)
2026-05-01T08:08:29.726572+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_BACKFILL_CHEBI_CHEMISTRY molecular_formula=C7H6O4; inchi=InChI=1S/C7H6O4/c8-4-1-2-6(9)5(3-4)7(10)11/h1-3,8-; smiles=O=C(O)c1cc(O)ccc1O
2026-05-02T03:12:14.668221+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_CLASSIFY_INGREDIENT_TYPE set ingredient_type=SINGLE_INGREDIENT (chemical structure populated (molecular_formula))
2026-06-09T04:56:30.247923+00:00 claude_in_session_curation ANNOTATED Added media role: CARBON_SOURCE (confidence: 0.60)
2026-06-09T05:23:46.768404+00:00 correct_stale_ontology_labels.py CORRECTED ontology_label 'Gentisic acid' -> '2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid': synced to canonical CHEBI label (preferred_term 'Gentisic acid' unchanged).
2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 migrate_media_roles_to_facets ANNOTATED Migrated legacy media_roles to role facets (#128): CARBON_SOURCE -> nutritional_roles.CARBON_SOURCE
2026-08-06T04:28:16.724447+00:00 issue_213_grounding LLM MERGED_FROM_UNMAPPED_DUPLICATE Absorbed UNMAPPED_0692 'Gentisate' as a RAW_TEXT synonym -- Gentisate is the conjugate base of gentisic acid (2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid); CHEBI has no separate gentisate anion term, so the acid record is the home (#213). No new SSSOM row; CHEBI:17189 is already mapped. Source: kgmicrobe.trait:gentisate.
2026-08-27T03:16:39.518928+00:00 refresh_occurrence_statistics CORRECTED occurrence_statistics 2/2 -> 3/3 (media_count/total_occurrences), derived from distinct CultureMech recipe ids in the #337 occurrence table. The prior values came from the importer retired in #453, whose media_count counted a list truncated to 50 examples (#449). [source=ingredient_occurrences.tsv culturemech_rev=15a4da5c08 rows=194137 distinct_recipes=15257]