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<compound>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2010-04-08 22:04:49 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-18 22:27:42 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB001060</accession>
  <name>Glycyrrhizin</name>
  <description>Isolated from Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice). Nutriceutical with anticancer props.

Glycyrrhizic acid is a triterpenoid saponin glycoside of glycyrrhetinic acid. It is the main sweet-tasting compound from liquorice root. It is 30–50 times as sweet as sucrose. Glycyrrhizin is found in herbs and spices and root vegetables.</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>Beta-glycyrrhizin</synonym>
    <synonym>Dermacrin</synonym>
    <synonym>Glycyram</synonym>
    <synonym>Glycyron</synonym>
    <synonym>Glycyrrhetic acid 3-O-[b-D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1-&gt;2)-a-D-glucuronopyranoside]</synonym>
    <synonym>Glycyrrhitin</synonym>
    <synonym>Glycyrrhizin</synonym>
    <synonym>Glycyrrhizin, JAN</synonym>
    <synonym>Glycyrrhizinate</synonym>
    <synonym>Glycyrrhizinic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Glycyrrizin</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C42H62O16</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>822.9321</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>822.403785936</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>5-[(6-carboxy-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxy]-6-[(11-carboxy-4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,14b-heptamethyl-14-oxo-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,6b,7,8,8a,9,10,11,12,12a,14,14a,14b-icosahydropicen-3-yl)oxy]-3,4-dihydroxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>ammonium glycyrrhizate</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>1405-86-3</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>CC1(C)C(CCC2(C)C1CCC1(C)C2C(=O)C=C2C3CC(C)(CCC3(C)CCC12C)C(O)=O)OC1OC(C(O)C(O)C1OC1OC(C(O)C(O)C1O)C(O)=O)C(O)=O</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/C42H62O16/c1-37(2)21-8-11-42(7)31(20(43)16-18-19-17-39(4,36(53)54)13-12-38(19,3)14-15-41(18,42)6)40(21,5)10-9-22(37)55-35-30(26(47)25(46)29(57-35)33(51)52)58-34-27(48)23(44)24(45)28(56-34)32(49)50/h16,19,21-31,34-35,44-48H,8-15,17H2,1-7H3,(H,49,50)(H,51,52)(H,53,54)</inchi>
  <inchikey>LPLVUJXQOOQHMX-UHFFFAOYSA-N</inchikey>
  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as triterpene saponins. These are glycosylated derivatives of triterpene sapogenins. The sapogenin moiety backbone is usually based on the oleanane, ursane, taraxastane, bauerane,  lanostane, lupeol, lupane, dammarane, cycloartane, friedelane, hopane, 9b,19-cyclo-lanostane, cycloartane, or cycloartanol skeleton.</description>
    <direct_parent>Triterpene saponins</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Lipids and lipid-like molecules</super_class>
    <class>Prenol lipids</class>
    <sub_class>Terpene glycosides</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework>Aliphatic heteropolycyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>Acetals</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Beta hydroxy acids and derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carboxylic acids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Cyclohexenones</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Disaccharides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>O-glucuronides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>O-glycosyl compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Oxacyclic compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Oxanes</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Polyols</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Pyrans</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Secondary alcohols</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Tricarboxylic acids and derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Triterpenoids</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>1-o-glucuronide</substituent>
      <substituent>Acetal</substituent>
      <substituent>Alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Aliphatic heteropolycyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Beta-hydroxy acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Carbonyl group</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Cyclohexenone</substituent>
      <substituent>Disaccharide</substituent>
      <substituent>Glucuronic acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Glycosyl compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydroxy acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Ketone</substituent>
      <substituent>O-glucuronide</substituent>
      <substituent>O-glycosyl compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organoheterocyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Oxacycle</substituent>
      <substituent>Oxane</substituent>
      <substituent>Polyol</substituent>
      <substituent>Pyran</substituent>
      <substituent>Secondary alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Tricarboxylic acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Triterpene saponin</substituent>
      <substituent>Triterpenoid</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <external_descriptors>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
  <state/>
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      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>2.78</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
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      <kind>logs</kind>
      <value>-4.18</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>solubility</kind>
      <value>5.45e-02 g/l</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
  </predicted_properties>
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      <kind>melting_point</kind>
      <value>Mp 220 approx.°</value>
    </property>
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    <kind>logp</kind>
    <value>3.13</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_acidic</kind>
    <value>2.96</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_basic</kind>
    <value>-3.7</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>iupac</kind>
    <value>5-[(6-carboxy-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxy]-6-[(11-carboxy-4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,14b-heptamethyl-14-oxo-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,6b,7,8,8a,9,10,11,12,12a,14,14a,14b-icosahydropicen-3-yl)oxy]-3,4-dihydroxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>average_mass</kind>
    <value>822.9321</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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  <property>
    <kind>mono_mass</kind>
    <value>822.403785936</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>smiles</kind>
    <value>CC1(C)C(CCC2(C)C1CCC1(C)C2C(=O)C=C2C3CC(C)(CCC3(C)CCC12C)C(O)=O)OC1OC(C(O)C(O)C1OC1OC(C(O)C(O)C1O)C(O)=O)C(O)=O</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formula</kind>
    <value>C42H62O16</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchi</kind>
    <value>InChI=1S/C42H62O16/c1-37(2)21-8-11-42(7)31(20(43)16-18-19-17-39(4,36(53)54)13-12-38(19,3)14-15-41(18,42)6)40(21,5)10-9-22(37)55-35-30(26(47)25(46)29(57-35)33(51)52)58-34-27(48)23(44)24(45)28(56-34)32(49)50/h16,19,21-31,34-35,44-48H,8-15,17H2,1-7H3,(H,49,50)(H,51,52)(H,53,54)</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>inchikey</kind>
    <value>LPLVUJXQOOQHMX-UHFFFAOYSA-N</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
    <value>267.04</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>refractivity</kind>
    <value>198.83</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>polarizability</kind>
    <value>86.97</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
    <value>7</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
    <value>16</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>donor_count</kind>
    <value>8</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
    <value>-3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <pathways>
  </pathways>
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  <hmdb_id>HMDB0029843</hmdb_id>
  <pubchem_compound_id/>
  <chemspider_id/>
  <kegg_id/>
  <chebi_id>15939</chebi_id>
  <biocyc_id/>
  <het_id/>
  <wikipidia/>
  <vmh_id/>
  <fbonto_id/>
  <foodb_id/>
  <general_references>
  </general_references>
  <foods>
    <food>
      <name>Herbs and Spices</name>
      <food_type>Unknown</food_type>
      <category>generic</category>
      <name_scientific/>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id/>
    </food>
    <food>
      <name>Liquorice</name>
      <food_type>Type 2</food_type>
      <category>specific</category>
      <name_scientific/>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id/>
    </food>
    <food>
      <name>Root vegetables</name>
      <food_type>Unknown</food_type>
      <category>generic</category>
      <name_scientific/>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id/>
    </food>
  </foods>
  <flavors>
    <flavor>
      <name>mild</name>
    </flavor>
    <flavor>
      <name>spicy</name>
    </flavor>
  </flavors>
  <enzymes>
  </enzymes>
  <health_effects>
  </health_effects>
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