CHEBI:53168 - picrocrocin

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ChEBI Name picrocrocin
ChEBI ID CHEBI:53168
Definition A β-D-glucoside of β-cyclocitral; the precursor of safranal. It is the compound most responsible for the bitter taste of saffron.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Submitter Kristian Axelsen
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Formula C16H26O7
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 330.37340
Monoisotopic Mass 330.16785
InChI InChI=1S/C16H26O7/c1-8-4-9(5-16(2,3)10(8)6-17)22-15-14(21)13(20)12(19)11(7-18)23-15/h6,9,11-15,18-21H,4-5,7H2,1-3H3/t9-,11-,12-,13+,14-,15-/m1/s1
InChIKey WMHJCSAICLADIN-WYWSWGBSSA-N
SMILES CC1=C(C=O)C(C)(C)C[C@@H](C1)O[C@@H]1O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H]1O
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing picrocrocin (CHEBI:53168) has functional parent β-cyclocitral (CHEBI:53177)
picrocrocin (CHEBI:53168) is a β-D-glucoside (CHEBI:22798)
IUPAC Name
(1R)-4-formyl-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-3-en-1-yl β-D-glucopyranoside
Synonym Source
(R)-4-(beta-D-Glucopyranosyloxy)-2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexene-1-carboxaldehyde ChemIDplus
Manual Xref Database
C17055 KEGG COMPOUND
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
138-55-6 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
138-55-6 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
37745 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
Citation Waiting for Citations Type Source
12509521 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
28 July 2014