2D Structure

3D Structure

Pulegone


Properties
PID PID00033
Mol. Weight 152.237 g/mol
LogP 2.86
Water solubility In water, 276 mg/L at 25 °C (est)
Hydrogen Bond Donor 0
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor 1
Rotatable Bonds 0
XLogP3-AA 2.8

Pulegone

Identifiers
Formula C10H16O
PubChem CID 6988
FEMA 2963
Flavor Profile None
Smiles CC(C)=C1CCC(C)CC1=O
InChl Key NZGWDASTMWDZIW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChl InChI=1S/C10H16O/c1-7(2)9-5-4-8(3)6-10(9)11/h8H,4-6H2,1-3H3
CAS Registry Number 15932-80-6
IUPAC Systematic Name 5-methyl-2-propan-2-ylidenecyclohexan-1-one

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/)


Related Pungent TCM

English Name Pinyin Name (Chinese Name) Latin Name Properties in TCM merdians View Graph
Siebold Wildginger Equivalent plant: Asarum heteroXi Xin (细辛)Asari Radix Et RhizomaWarm, PungentLung, Spleen, StomachView Graph
Fineleaf SchizonepetaJing Jie (荆芥)Schizonepetae HerbaMinor Warm, PungentLung, LiverView Graph
Chinese ClematisWei Ling Xian (威灵仙)Clematidis Radix Et RhizomaWarm, Pungent, SaltyBladderView Graph
Haichow ElsholtziaXiang Ru (香薷)Moslae HerbaMinor Warm,PungentLung, Spleen, StomachView Graph
Shorthorned Epimedium Equivalent plant: EpimediumYin Yang Huo (淫羊藿)Epimedii FoliumWarm, Sweet, PungentLiver, KidneyView Graph
Wild MintBo He (薄荷)Menthae Haplocalycis HerbaCool, PungentLiver, LungView Graph
Bugbane Equivalent plant: Cimicifuga dahurica, CiSheng Ma(升麻)Cimicifugae RhizomaCold, Sweet, PungentLung, Spleen, Large Intestine, StomachView Graph
Chinese Thorowax Equivalent plant: Bupleurum scorzChai Hu(柴胡)Bupleuri RadixMinor cold, Pungent, BitterLiver, Gallbladder, LungView Graph
Asiatic PennywortJi Xue Cao (积雪草)Centellae HerbaCold, Sweet, BitterLiver, Spleen, KidneyView Graph
Chinese Ephedra Equivalent plant: Ephedra equisetiMa Huang (麻黄)Ephedrae HerbaWarm, Pungent, Slightly BitterLung, BladderView Graph

Pharmacological action

Pulegone is a clear colorless oily liquid and has a pleasant odor similar to pennyroyal, peppermint and camphor. It is used in flavoring agents,

in perfumery, and in aromatherapy.



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References

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7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulegone