2D Structure
3D Structure
| Properties | |
|---|---|
| PID | PID00192 |
| Mol. Weight | 104.167 g/mol |
| LogP | -0.16 |
| Water solubility | Solubility in water, 17.5 g/100ml at 37.8°C: |
| Hydrogen Bond Donor | 0 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor | 2 |
| Rotatable Bonds | 3 |
| XLogP3-AA | 0.3 |
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Formula | C4H8OS |
| PubChem CID | 18635 |
| FEMA | 2747 |
| Flavor Profile | Cooked potato, Soy |
| Smiles | CSCCC=O |
| InChl Key | CLUWOWRTHNNBBU-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| InChl | InChI=1S/C4H8OS/c1-6-4-2-3-5/h3H,2,4H2,1H3 |
| CAS Registry Number | 3268-49-3 |
| IUPAC Systematic Name | 3-methylsulfanylMethional |
Organ Location Map/System Distribution of Pungent Flavor Compounds’ Targets
Note: Known Targets (Gene) from 6952 literatures, DrugBank (http://www.drugbank.ca/), STITCH (http://stitch.embl.de/), ChEMBL (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/), Therapeutic Target Database (http://bidd.nus.edu.sg/group/ttd/), and Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD, http://ctdbase.org/)
| English Name | Pinyin Name (Chinese Name) | Latin Name | Properties in TCM | merdians | View Graph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herba Paederiae | Ji Shi Teng (鸡屎藤) | Paederiae Scandentis Herba | NONE | NONE | View Graph |
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Note: Click anywhere in the blank, you can drag the whole dynamic diagram. Click on a node, you can drag his location to see it more clearly. The blue circle represents pharmacology, toxicology, or daily use. Orange hexagon represents the pungent compounds.
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