hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594)

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ChEBI Name	hydroquinone

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:17594

Definition	A benzenediol comprising benzene core carrying two hydroxy substituents para to each other.

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

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:5793, CHEBI:14416, CHEBI:24645

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Formula

C6H6O2

Net Charge

Average Mass

110.11064

Monoisotopic Mass

110.03678

InChI

InChI=1S/C6H6O2/c7-5-1-2-6(8)4-3-5/h1-4,7-8H

InChIKey

QIGBRXMKCJKVMJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

Oc1ccc(O)cc1

Metabolite of Species	Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090)	Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562)	See: PubMed

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

Biological Role(s):	carcinogenic agent A role played by a chemical compound which is known to induce a process of carcinogenesis by corrupting normal cellular pathways, leading to the acquistion of tumoral capabilities. Escherichia coli metabolite Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli. human xenobiotic metabolite Any human metabolite produced by metabolism of a xenobiotic compound in humans. mouse metabolite Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus). cofactor An organic molecule or ion (usually a metal ion) that is required by an enzyme for its activity. It may be attached either loosely (coenzyme) or tightly (prosthetic group).

Application(s):	skin lightening agent Any cosmetic used to lighten the colour of skin by reducing the concentration of melanin.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971) hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) has role antioxidant (CHEBI:22586) hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) has role carcinogenic agent (CHEBI:50903) hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) has role cofactor (CHEBI:23357) hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) has role human xenobiotic metabolite (CHEBI:76967) hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771) hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) has role skin lightening agent (CHEBI:85046) hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) is a benzenediol (CHEBI:17701) hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) is a hydroquinones (CHEBI:24646)

Incoming	2,5-dihydroxybenzenesulfonic acid (CHEBI:71157) has functional parent hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) 2,6-dibromohydroquinone (CHEBI:19390) has functional parent hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) 4-hydroxyphenyl acetate (CHEBI:31128) has functional parent hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) chlorohydroquinones (CHEBI:23147) has functional parent hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) gentisyl alcohol (CHEBI:5325) has functional parent hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) hydroquinone O-β-D-glucopyranoside (CHEBI:18305) has functional parent hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) monobenzone (CHEBI:34380) has functional parent hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) quinol sulfate (CHEBI:71062) has functional parent hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594) quinhydrone (CHEBI:26491) has part hydroquinone (CHEBI:17594)

IUPAC Name

benzene-1,4-diol

Last Modified

15 October 2019