swertianin (CHEBI:9371)

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ChEBI Name	swertianin

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:9371

Definition	A member of the class of xanthones that is 9H-xanthen-9-one substituted by hydroxy groups at positions 1, 2 and 8 and a methoxy group at position 6. It has been isolated from various species of the genus Swertia and has been found to exhibit antioxidant activities.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

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Formula

C14H10O6

Net Charge

Average Mass

274.22560

Monoisotopic Mass

274.04774

InChI

InChI=1S/C14H10O6/c1-19-6-4-8(16)11-10(5-6)20-9-3-2-7(15)13(17)12(9)14(11)18/h2-5,15-17H,1H3

InChIKey

BDBVOZGRVBXANN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

COc1cc(O)c2c(c1)oc1ccc(O)c(O)c1c2=O

Metabolite of Species	Details
Swertia decora (NCBI:txid166616)	See: Chemical studies on new xanthone from Swertia decora Zhongguo yao xue za zhi (Zhongguo yao xue hui : 1989) 36, 302-304

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	antioxidant A substance that opposes oxidation or inhibits reactions brought about by dioxygen or peroxides.

Biological Role(s):	plant metabolite Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	swertianin (CHEBI:9371) has role antioxidant (CHEBI:22586) swertianin (CHEBI:9371) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924) swertianin (CHEBI:9371) is a aromatic ether (CHEBI:35618) swertianin (CHEBI:9371) is a polyphenol (CHEBI:26195) swertianin (CHEBI:9371) is a xanthones (CHEBI:51149)

Incoming	2-O-methylswertianin (CHEBI:1228) has functional parent swertianin (CHEBI:9371)

IUPAC Name

1,2,8-trihydroxy-6-methoxy-9H-xanthen-9-one

Synonyms	Sources
1,2,8-Trihydroxy-6-methoxyxanthone	KEGG COMPOUND
Gentiakochianin	ChemIDplus
Swertianin	KEGG COMPOUND

Last Modified

02 October 2014