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nepetin
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Nepetin is the 6-methoxy derivative of the pentahydroxyflavone 6-hydroxyluteolin, an O-methylated flavone. It can be found in Eupatorium ballotaefolium.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C16H12O7
- Molecular weight
- 316.26 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-6-methoxychromen-4-one
- SMILES
- COC1=C(C2=C(C=C1O)OC(=CC2=O)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O
- InChIKey
- FHHSEFRSDKWJKJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.4
- Polar surface area
- 116 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 4
- H-bond acceptors
- 7
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- flavone
- Mass
- 316.058
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- Commons category
- Nepetin
- found in taxon
- Asteraceae
- chemical formula
- C₁₆H₁₂O₇
- canonical SMILES
- COC1=C(C=C2C(=C1O)C(=O)C=C(O2)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O
- has characteristic
- bitterness
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Glycosides
- References
Nepetin is the 6-methoxy derivative of the pentahydroxyflavone 6-hydroxyluteolin, an O-methylated flavone. It can be found in Eupatorium ballotaefolium.
== Glycosides == Nepitrin is the 7-glucoside of nepetin.
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