CHEBI:8645 - purpurin

ChEBI IDCHEBI:8645
ChEBI Namepurpurin
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DefinitionA trihydroxyanthraquinone derived from anthracene by substitution with oxo groups at C-9 and C-10 and with hydroxy groups at C-1, C-2 and C-4.
Last Modified7 August 2015
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FormulaC14H8O5
Net Charge0
Average Mass256.213
Monoisotopic Mass256.03717
SMILESO=C1c2ccccc2C(=O)c2c(O)c(O)cc(O)c21
InChIInChI=1S/C14H8O5/c15-8-5-9(16)14(19)11-10(8)12(17)6-3-1-2-4-7(6)13(11)18/h1-5,15-16,19H
InChIKeyBBNQQADTFFCFGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Wikipedia
Roles Classification
Biological Roles:
plant metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
biological pigment  An endogenous molecular entity that results in a colour of an organism as the consequence of the selective absorption of light.
Application:
histological dye  A dye used in microscopic or electron microscopic examination of cells and tissues to give contrast and to highlight particular features of interest, such as nuclei and cytoplasm.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
purpurin (CHEBI:8645) has role biological pigment (CHEBI:26130)
purpurin (CHEBI:8645) has role histological dye (CHEBI:77178)
purpurin (CHEBI:8645) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
purpurin (CHEBI:8645) is a trihydroxyanthraquinone (CHEBI:37488)
IUPAC Name 
1,2,4-trihydroxyanthracene-9,10-dione
Synonyms  Source
1,2,4-trihydroxy-9,10-anthracenedioneChemIDplus
1,2,4-trihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinoneIUPAC
1,2,4-trihydroxyanthra-9,10-quinoneNIST Chemistry WebBook
1,2,4-TrihydroxyanthrachinonNIST Chemistry WebBook
1,2,4-trihydroxyanthraquinoneChemIDplus
Alizarin purpurinChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
1,2,4-TrihydroxyanthraquinoneWikipedia
C00002857KNApSAcK
C10395KEGG COMPOUND
CN101659793Patent
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1887127Reaxys
Gmelin:271628Gmelin
CAS:81-54-9NIST Chemistry WebBook
CAS:81-54-9KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:81-54-9ChemIDplus
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