2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzaldehyde (CHEBI:155863)

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ChEBI Name	2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzaldehyde

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:155863

Definition	A dihydroxybenzaldehyde that is 2,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde in which the hydrogen at position 6 has been replaced by a methyl group. It is a fungal metabolite isolated from Grifola frondosa and Phlebiopsis gigantea.

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

Submitter	Kristian Axelsen

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Formula

C8H8O3

Net Charge

Average Mass

152.149

Monoisotopic Mass

152.04734

InChI

InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c1-5-2-6(10)3-8(11)7(5)4-9/h2-4,10-11H,1H3

InChIKey

LJFQTUKKYWDRAT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C=1(C=C(C(=C(C1)O)C(=O)[H])C)O

Metabolite of Species	Details
Grifola frondosa (NCBI:txid5627)	Found in cell suspension culture (BTO:0000221). See: PubMed
Phlebiopsis gigantea (NCBI:txid82310)	Found in cell suspension culture (BTO:0000221). See: PubMed

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	apoptosis inducer Any substance that induces the process of apoptosis (programmed cell death) in multi-celled organisms. fungal metabolite Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in fungi, the kingdom that includes microorganisms such as the yeasts and moulds.

Application(s):	anti-inflammatory agent Any compound that has anti-inflammatory effects.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzaldehyde (CHEBI:155863) has role anti-inflammatory agent (CHEBI:67079) 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzaldehyde (CHEBI:155863) has role apoptosis inducer (CHEBI:68495) 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzaldehyde (CHEBI:155863) has role fungal metabolite (CHEBI:76946) 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzaldehyde (CHEBI:155863) is a dihydroxybenzaldehyde (CHEBI:50196)

IUPAC Name

2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzaldehyde

Synonyms	Sources
2-formyl-5-hydroxy-3-methylphenol	ChemIDplus
2-methyl-4,6-dihydroxybenzaldehyde	ChEBI
4-formyl-5-methylbenzene-1,3-diol	ChemIDplus
4-formyl-5-methylresorcinol	ChemIDplus
6-methyl-β-resorcyladehyde	ChemIDplus
o-orsellinaldehyde	ChemIDplus
orcinaldehyde	ChemIDplus
orcylaldehyde	ChemIDplus
orsellinaldehyde	UniProt

Registry Number	Type	Source
487-69-4	CAS Registry Number	ChemIDplus

Last Modified

16 June 2020