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<compound>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2010-04-08 22:12:50 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-19 01:52:07 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB017111</accession>
  <name>(1xi,3xi)-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-1-methyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxylic acid</name>
  <description>Widespread in many foodstuffs especially fruit juices, jams and fermented foods or beverages including beer and soy sauceand is) also present in the toxic fly agaric mushroom (Amanita muscaria). Formed by Pictet-Spengler condensation between acetaldehyde and L-tryptophan in nature or during food processing. (1xi,3xi)-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-1-methyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxylic acid is found in many foods, some of which are alcoholic beverages, herbs and spices, fruits, and mushrooms.</description>
  <synonyms>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C13H14N2O2</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>230.2625</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>230.105527702</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>1-methyl-1H,2H,3H,4H,9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole-3-carboxylic acid</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>1-methyl-1H,2H,3H,4H,9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole-3-carboxylic acid</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number/>
  <smiles>CC1NC(CC2=C1NC1=CC=CC=C21)C(O)=O</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/C13H14N2O2/c1-7-12-9(6-11(14-7)13(16)17)8-4-2-3-5-10(8)15-12/h2-5,7,11,14-15H,6H2,1H3,(H,16,17)</inchi>
  <inchikey>ZUPHXNBLQCSEIA-UHFFFAOYSA-N</inchikey>
  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as harmala alkaloids. Harmala alkaloids are compounds with a structure based on harmaline, harmine, harmalol, harman or a derivative of those parents. These parents are beta-carbolines, consisting of a pyrimidine fused to the pyrrole moiety of an indole to form a pyrido[3,4-b]indole.</description>
    <direct_parent>Harmala alkaloids</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Alkaloids and derivatives</super_class>
    <class>Harmala alkaloids</class>
    <sub_class/>
    <molecular_framework>Aromatic heteropolycyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>3-alkylindoles</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Alpha amino acids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Amino acids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Aralkylamines</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Azacyclic compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Benzenoids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Beta carbolines</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carbonyl compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carboxylic acids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Dialkylamines</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Heteroaromatic compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Monocarboxylic acids and derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organopnictogen compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Pyrroles</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>3-alkylindole</substituent>
      <substituent>Alpha-amino acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Alpha-amino acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Amine</substituent>
      <substituent>Amino acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Amino acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Aralkylamine</substituent>
      <substituent>Aromatic heteropolycyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Azacycle</substituent>
      <substituent>Benzenoid</substituent>
      <substituent>Beta-carboline</substituent>
      <substituent>Carbonyl group</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Harman</substituent>
      <substituent>Heteroaromatic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Indole</substituent>
      <substituent>Indole or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic nitrogen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organoheterocyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organonitrogen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organopnictogen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Pyridoindole</substituent>
      <substituent>Pyrrole</substituent>
      <substituent>Secondary aliphatic amine</substituent>
      <substituent>Secondary amine</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <external_descriptors>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
  <state/>
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    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>0.04</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logs</kind>
      <value>-2.49</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>solubility</kind>
      <value>7.45e-01 g/l</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
  </predicted_properties>
  <experimental_properties>
    <property>
      <kind>melting_point</kind>
      <value>Mp 290 dec°</value>
    </property>
  </experimental_properties>
  <property>
    <kind>logp</kind>
    <value>-0.77</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_acidic</kind>
    <value>2.03</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_basic</kind>
    <value>9.08</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>iupac</kind>
    <value>1-methyl-1H,2H,3H,4H,9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole-3-carboxylic acid</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>average_mass</kind>
    <value>230.2625</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>mono_mass</kind>
    <value>230.105527702</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>smiles</kind>
    <value>CC1NC(CC2=C1NC1=CC=CC=C21)C(O)=O</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formula</kind>
    <value>C13H14N2O2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchi</kind>
    <value>InChI=1S/C13H14N2O2/c1-7-12-9(6-11(14-7)13(16)17)8-4-2-3-5-10(8)15-12/h2-5,7,11,14-15H,6H2,1H3,(H,16,17)</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchikey</kind>
    <value>ZUPHXNBLQCSEIA-UHFFFAOYSA-N</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
    <value>65.12</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>refractivity</kind>
    <value>63.83</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>polarizability</kind>
    <value>24.8</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
    <value>1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
    <value>3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>donor_count</kind>
    <value>3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <pathways>
  </pathways>
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      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
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      <spectrum_id>23801</spectrum_id>
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  <hmdb_id>HMDB37942</hmdb_id>
  <pubchem_compound_id/>
  <chemspider_id/>
  <kegg_id/>
  <chebi_id/>
  <biocyc_id/>
  <het_id/>
  <wikipidia/>
  <vmh_id/>
  <fbonto_id/>
  <foodb_id/>
  <general_references>
    <reference>#&lt;Reference:0x000055ce31e7d3d0&gt;</reference>
  </general_references>
  <foods>
    <food>
      <name>Alcoholic beverages</name>
      <food_type>Unknown</food_type>
      <category>generic</category>
      <name_scientific/>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id/>
    </food>
    <food>
      <name>Common mushroom</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
      <category>specific</category>
      <name_scientific>Agaricus bisporus</name_scientific>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id>5341</ncbi_taxonomy_id>
    </food>
    <food>
      <name>Fruits</name>
      <food_type>Unknown</food_type>
      <category>generic</category>
      <name_scientific/>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id/>
    </food>
    <food>
      <name>Herbs and Spices</name>
      <food_type>Unknown</food_type>
      <category>generic</category>
      <name_scientific/>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id/>
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    <food>
      <name>Mushrooms</name>
      <food_type>Unknown</food_type>
      <category>generic</category>
      <name_scientific/>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id/>
    </food>
    <food>
      <name>Oyster mushroom</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
      <category>specific</category>
      <name_scientific>Pleurotus ostreatus</name_scientific>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id>5322</ncbi_taxonomy_id>
    </food>
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  <flavors>
  </flavors>
  <enzymes>
  </enzymes>
  <health_effects>
  </health_effects>
</compound>
