marsupsin (CHEBI:66680)

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ChEBI Name	marsupsin

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:66680

Definition	A member of the class of 1-benzofurans that is 1-benzofuran-3(2H)-one, substituted by hydroxy groups at positions 2 and 6, a 4-hydroxybenzyl group at position 2 and a methoxy group at position 4. Isolated from the heartwood of Pterocarpus marsupium, it exhibits antihyperglycemic and antihyperlipidemic activities.

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

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Formula

C16H14O6

Net Charge

Average Mass

302.27880

Monoisotopic Mass

302.07904

InChI

InChI=1S/C16H14O6/c1-21-12-6-11(18)7-13-14(12)15(19)16(20,22-13)8-9-2-4-10(17)5-3-9/h2-7,17-18,20H,8H2,1H3

InChIKey

IQTGAKWQIFFPQX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

COc1cc(O)cc2OC(O)(Cc3ccc(O)cc3)C(=O)c12

Metabolite of Species	Details
Pterocarpus marsupium (IPNI:516505-1)	Found in heartwood (PO:0004512). See: DOI

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	metabolite Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.

Application(s):	hypoglycemic agent A drug which lowers the blood glucose level. antilipemic drug A substance used to treat hyperlipidemia (an excess of lipids in the blood).

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	marsupsin (CHEBI:66680) has role antilipemic drug (CHEBI:35679) marsupsin (CHEBI:66680) has role hypoglycemic agent (CHEBI:35526) marsupsin (CHEBI:66680) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212) marsupsin (CHEBI:66680) is a 1-benzofurans (CHEBI:38830) marsupsin (CHEBI:66680) is a aromatic ether (CHEBI:35618) marsupsin (CHEBI:66680) is a polyphenol (CHEBI:26195)

IUPAC Name

2,6-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxybenzyl)-4-methoxy-1-benzofuran-3(2H)-one

Synonyms	Sources
(−)-2,6-dihydroxy-2-((4-hydroxyphenyl)methyl)-4-methoxy-3(2H)-benzofuranone	ChemIDplus
carpusin	ChEBI

Last Modified

05 April 2013