catechin   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 13091

Synonyms: (+)-catechin | catechol | cianidanol | D-Catechin
PDB Ligand
Compound class: Natural product or derivative
Comment: Catechin is a plant-derived flavonoid (from Acacia catechu, and cacao, grapes and tea plants). This entry represents the 2R,3S diastereoisomer, but 3 others are possible given that the molecule has two chiral centers. Catechin has relatively low antioxidant properties compared to other flavonoids.
2D Structure
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2D Structure

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Physico-chemical Properties
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Physico-chemical Properties

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Hydrogen bond acceptors 6
Hydrogen bond donors 5
Rotatable bonds 1
Topological polar surface area 110.38
Molecular weight 290.27
XLogP 0.58
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey

SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification) A specification for unambiguously describing the structure of chemical molecules using short ASCII strings. Canonical SMILES specify a unique representation of the 2D structure without chiral or isotopic specifications. Isomeric SMILES include chiral specification and isotopes.

Standard InChI (IUPAC International Chemical Identifier) and InChIKey InChI is a non-proprietary, standard, textual identifier for chemical substances designed to facilitate linking of information and database searching. An InChIKey is a simplified version of a full InChI, designed for easier web searching.

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Canonical SMILES C1=C(C=C(C(=C1)O)O)[C@@H]2[C@H](CC3=C(C=C(C=C3O)O)O2)O
Isomeric SMILES C1[C@@H]([C@H](OC2=CC(=CC(=C21)O)O)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O
InChI InChI=1S/C15H14O6/c16-8-4-11(18)9-6-13(20)15(21-14(9)5-8)7-1-2-10(17)12(19)3-7/h1-5,13,15-20H,6H2/t13-,15+/m0/s1
InChI Key PFTAWBLQPZVEMU-DZGCQCFKSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
A catechin-containing drug (Catergen®) was used to treat viral hepatitis until its withdrawl from the market in 1985. In the US the FDA approved a proprietary green tea-derived catechin-containing topical formulation from Camellia sinensis (Veregen®; 2006) to treat external human papillomavirus (HPV) warts [1], although this agent is a mixture and not a discrete chemical structure.