H3BO3

CHEBI:33118 chemically defined MAPPED CHEBI EXACT_MATCH

Ontology mapping

Primary identifier
CHEBI:33118
Ontology label
boric acid
kg-microbe node
CHEBI:33118

Nutritional roles

Synonyms (14)

SynonymTypeSourceOccurrences
Role: Mineral source; Properties: Defined component, Inorganic compound, Simple component RAW_TEXT CultureMech
Role: Mineral source; Properties: Defined component, Simple component, Inorganic compound RAW_TEXT CultureMech
Role: Mineral source; Properties: Inorganic compound, Defined component, Simple component RAW_TEXT CultureMech
Role: Mineral source; Properties: Inorganic compound, Simple component, Defined component RAW_TEXT CultureMech
Role: Mineral source; Properties: Simple component, Defined component, Inorganic compound RAW_TEXT CultureMech
B(OH)3 EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
[B(OH)3] EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
boron trihydroxide EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
orthoboric acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
trihydroxidoboron EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Boric acid EXACT_SYNONYM merged_from_duplicate_mim_record
H3BO RAW_TEXT merged_from_unmapped_duplicate_review_2026_05_11
H3BO3(Baker 0084) RAW_TEXT merged_from_unmapped_duplicate_review_2026_05_11
H BO RAW_TEXT sssom_other_backfill

Chemical properties

Cas rn
10043-35-3
Data source
CultureBotHT compounds_to_cas.csv
Retrieval date
2026-04-05T21:48:45.161739+00:00
Molecular formula
H3BO3
Inchi
InChI=1S/BH3O3/c2-1(3)4/h2-4H
Smiles
[H]OB(O[H])O[H]

Evidence (2)

DATABASE_MATCH via CultureMech

Imported from CultureMech pipeline, quality=DIRECT_MATCH

LITERATURE SUPPORTvia PubMed search ('H3BO3') PMID:38410729
Plants take up soil B in the form of boric acid (H3BO3) in acidic soil or tetrahydroxy borate [B(OH)4]- at neutral or alkaline pH.

Auto-proposed; curator should rephrase or remove.

Occurrence statistics

Total occurrences
4,216
Distinct media
4,212

Curation history

TimestampCuratorActionNew statusChanges
2026-03-09T06:54:18.022301+00:00 import_from_culturemech IMPORTED MAPPED Initial import from CultureMech pipeline
2026-04-05T19:51:14.490801+00:00 fetch_cas_rn_from_pubchem ADDED_CAS_RN MAPPED Added CAS-RN:10043-35-3 from PubChem API via name lookup (Boric acid)
2026-04-05T21:48:44.770457+00:00 fetch_cas_rn_from_culturebot_csv ADDED_CAS_RN MAPPED Added CAS-RN:10043-35-3 from CultureBotHT compounds_to_cas.csv (matched: Boric Acid)
2026-04-05T21:48:45.161744+00:00 fetch_cas_rn_from_culturebot_csv ADDED_CAS_RN MAPPED Added CAS-RN:10043-35-3 from CultureBotHT compounds_to_cas.csv (matched: H3BO3)
2026-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 cbclaw_kg_microbe_sweep LLM ADDED_SYNONYMS MAPPED Added 5 synonyms from kg-microbe P4.4 enrichment: B(OH)3, [B(OH)3], boron trihydroxide, orthoboric acid, trihydroxidoboron
2026-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 cbclaw_kg_microbe_sweep LLM ADDED_SYNONYMS MAPPED Added 6 synonyms from kg-microbe P4.4 enrichment: B(OH)3, H3BO3, [B(OH)3], boron trihydroxide, orthoboric acid, ... (1 more)
2026-04-19T07:39:23.955331+00:00 audit_mim_merge MERGED_FROM_DUPLICATES MAPPED Absorbed 2 duplicate MIM record(s) into this one: Boric_Acid.yaml, Boric_Acid_2.yaml. Synonyms, curation_history, and occurrence counts were unioned/summed; winner selected by highest occurrence count with preferred_term readability tie-break.
2026-05-01T07:35:33.917465+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_CLASSIFY_INGREDIENT_TYPE set ingredient_type=SINGLE_INGREDIENT (CHEBI primary)
2026-05-01T08:08:29.887474+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_BACKFILL_CHEBI_CHEMISTRY molecular_formula=H3BO3; inchi=InChI=1S/BH3O3/c2-1(3)4/h2-4H; smiles=[H]OB(O[H])O[H]
2026-05-01T08:09:47.874183+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type APPLY_EVIDENCE_PROPOSAL added pmid=38410729 from propose-evidence batch
2026-05-02T03:12:14.892517+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_CLASSIFY_INGREDIENT_TYPE set ingredient_type=SINGLE_INGREDIENT (chemical structure populated (molecular_formula))
2026-05-11T06:02:00Z mediaingredientmech-agentic-curation LLM ABSORBED_UNMAPPED_DUPLICATE MAPPED Absorbed duplicate unmapped record H3bo.yaml (UNMAPPED_0047); raw source synonym H3BO3(Baker 0084) resolves the truncated preferred term to boric acid CHEBI:33118.
2026-05-29T23:35:36.111356+00:00 extract_roles_from_synonyms ANNOTATED Added media role: MINERAL (confidence: 1.00)
2026-06-09T05:23:46.772568+00:00 correct_stale_ontology_labels.py CORRECTED ontology_label 'H3BO3' -> 'boric acid': synced to canonical CHEBI label (preferred_term 'H3BO3' unchanged).
2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 migrate_media_roles_to_facets ANNOTATED Migrated legacy media_roles to role facets (#128): MINERAL -> nutritional_roles.TRACE_ELEMENT
2026-08-27T03:16:39.518973+00:00 refresh_occurrence_statistics CORRECTED occurrence_statistics 105/3729 -> 4212/4216 (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]
2026-09-02T17:40:44.716277+00:00 claude_sssom_surface_form_backfill ADDED_SYNONYMS Recovered 1 surface form(s) that the published SSSOM `other` carried but no curated record did, so a rebuild would have dropped them from KGX: 'H BO'. Tokens already present on the kg-microbe ontology node were left out as redundant (#520).