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karanjin
Sign in to saveKaranjin is a furanoflavonol, a type of flavonoid. It is obtained from the seeds of the karanja tree (Millettia pinnata or Pongamia glabra Vent.), a tree growing wild in south India. Karanjin is an acaricide and insecticide. Karanjin is reported to have nitrification inhibitory properties. Its formula was discovered by D. B. Limaye.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C18H12O4
- Molecular weight
- 292.3 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3-methoxy-2-phenylfuro[2,3-h]chromen-4-one
- SMILES
- COC1=C(OC2=C(C1=O)C=CC3=C2C=CO3)C4=CC=CC=C4
- InChIKey
- LKPQNZRGGNOPPU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.8
- Polar surface area
- 48.7 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 292.074
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- canonical SMILES
- COC1=C(OC2=C(C1=O)C=CC3=C2C=CO3)C4=CC=CC=C4
- chemical formula
- C₁₈H₁₂O₄
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Karanjin is a furanoflavonol, a type of flavonoid. It is obtained from the seeds of the karanja tree (Millettia pinnata or Pongamia glabra Vent.), a tree growing wild in south India. Karanjin is an acaricide and insecticide. Karanjin is reported to have nitrification inhibitory properties. Its formula was discovered by D. B. Limaye.
==References==
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