2,6-dimethoxyquinone
Sign in to save2,6-Dimethoxybenzoquinone (2,6-DMBQ) is a chemical compound, classified as a benzoquinone, that has been found in Rauvolfia vomitoria and in Tibouchina pulchra.
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- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 168.042
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- found in taxon
- Strobilanthes pentstemonoides
- chemical formula
- C₈H₈O₄
- canonical SMILES
- COC1=CC(=O)C=C(C1=O)OC
- melting point
- 255.0
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2,6-Dimethoxybenzoquinone (2,6-DMBQ) is a chemical compound, classified as a benzoquinone, that has been found in Rauvolfia vomitoria and in Tibouchina pulchra.
==Toxicity== At physiological concentrations 2,6-dimethoxybenzoquinone is an antibacterial substance. At higher concentrations there is evidence that it is mutagenic, cytotoxic, genotoxic, and hepatotoxic. Some reports have challenged its mutagenicity and others exclude such a possibility.
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