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kojic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as 5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4-pyrone, 5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4H-pyran-4-one
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H6O4
- Molecular weight
- 142.11 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)pyran-4-one
- SMILES
- C1=C(OC=C(C1=O)O)CO
- InChIKey
- BEJNERDRQOWKJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.9
- Polar surface area
- 66.8 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
1,537 papers- Kojic acid applications in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2019
- Fungal production of kojic acid and its industrial applications.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2023
- Application of kojic acid scaffold in the design of non-tyrosinase enzyme inhibitors.Chemical biology & drug design · 2022
- Biological functions of kojic acid and its derivatives in medicine, cosmetics, and food industry: Insights into health aspects.Archiv der Pharmazie · 2022
- Management of hyperpigmentation: Current treatments and emerging therapies.Pigment cell & melanoma research · 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 142.027
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- melting point
- 154
- chemical formula
- C₆H₆O₄
- canonical SMILES
- C1=C(OC=C(C1=O)O)CO
- subject has role
- antioxidant
- found in taxon
- Penicillium
- Commons category
- Kojic acid
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