kojic acid

Term ID

CHEBI:43572

Synonyms

• 5-Hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4-pyrone
• 5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4H-pyran-4-one
• 5-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethyl-4-pyrone
• acido kojico
• Kojic acid
• Kojisaeure

Definition

A pyranone that is 4H-pyran substituted by a hydroxy group at position 5, a hydroxymethyl group at position 2 and an oxo group at position 4. It has been isolated from the fungus Aspergillus oryzae.

References

• beilstein:120895
• cas:501-30-4
• drugbank:DB01759
• drugcentral:3977
• gmelin:3620
• hmdb:HMDB0032923
• kegg.compound:C14516
• metacyc.compound:KOJIC-ACID
• patent:AU2012268879
• patent:JP2013017408
• pdb-ccd:KOJ
• pubmed:11534762
• pubmed:1348188
• pubmed:15039076
• pubmed:16198580
• pubmed:18083129
• pubmed:19471877
• pubmed:20943172
• pubmed:23683589
• pubmed:24116376
• pubmed:28166217
• pubmed:7714722
• pubmed:8987542
• reaxys:120895
• wikipedia.en:Kojic_acid

Ontology

ChEBI  ( EBI )

Resources

CTD