scyllo-inositol
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'''scyllo-Inositol, also called scyllitol, cocositol, or quercinitol''', is a chemical compound with formula , one of the nine inositols, the stereoisomers of cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol. The molecule has a ring of six carbon atoms, each bound to one hydrogen atom and one hydroxyl group (–OH); if the ring is assumed horizontal, the hydroxyls lie alternately above and below the respective hydrogens.
Chemical data
Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Phase 2
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
- Indications
- Down syndrome, Alzheimer disease, bipolar disorder
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- inositol
- Mass
- 180.063388104
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- isomeric SMILES
- O[C@H]1[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]1O
- chemical formula
- C₆H₁₂O₆
- canonical SMILES
- OC1C(O)C(O)C(O)C(O)C1O
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Chemical and physical properties
- Crystal structure
- Synthesis
- Derivatives
- Biochemistry
- Natural occurrence
- Physiology
- Clinical evaluation
- Alzheimer's disease
- Bipolar disorder
- Down's syndrome
- See also
- References
'''scyllo-Inositol, also called scyllitol, cocositol, or quercinitol', is a chemical compound with formula , one of the nine inositols, the stereoisomers of cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol. The molecule has a ring of six carbon atoms, each bound to one hydrogen atom and one hydroxyl group (–OH); if the ring is assumed horizontal, the hydroxyls lie alternately above and below the respective hydrogens.
scyllo-Inositol is a naturally occurring carbohydrate, specifically a sugar alcohol. It occurs in small amounts in the tissues of humans and other animals, certain bacteria, and more abundantly in some plants.
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