2D Structure

3D Structure

S-Allyl-L-Cysteine


Properties
PID PID00065
Mol. Weight 161.219 g/mol
LogP -1.78
Water solubility 0.0851 mol/L at 20 °C
Hydrogen Bond Donor 2
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor 4
Rotatable Bonds 5
XLogP3-AA -2.1

S-Allyl-L-Cysteine

Identifiers
Formula C6H11NO2S
PubChem CID 9793905
FEMA 4322
Flavor Profile Savory
Smiles C=CCSC[C@H](N)C(=O)O
InChl Key ZFAHNWWNDFHPOH-YFKPBYRVSA-N
InChl InChI=1S/C6H11NO2S/c1-2-3-10-4-5(7)6(8)9/h2,5H,1,3-4,7H2,(H,8,9)/t5-/m0/s1
CAS Registry Number 21593-77-1
IUPAC Systematic Name (2R)-2-amino-3-prop-2-enylsulfanylpropanoic acid

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
Allium sativumDa Suan(大蒜)GarlicWarm,PungentSpleen, Stomach, Kidney, LungView Graph

Pharmacological action

S-allyl-L-cysteine (SAC) is a bioactive compound in garlic (Allium sativum). S-allyl-L-cysteine (SAC, C6H11NO2S) is a colorless, odorless, water-soluble, stable and bioactive organosulfur compound existing in garlic (Allium sativum). S-Allyl-L-cysteine (SAC), an active organosulfur compounds in Aged garlic extract (AGE), has

been shown to have neurotrophic activity in cultured neurons. S-allyl-L-cysteine (SAC), an active organosulfur compound of garlic, has been reported to possess antioxidant activity. S-allyl-L-cysteine (SAC), one of the organosulfur compounds found in aged garlic extract, has been shown to possess various biological effects including neurotrophic activity.



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References

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2. Moriguchi, T., Matsuura, H., Kodera, Y., Itakura, Y., Katsuki, H., Saito, H., Nishiyama, N. Neurotrophic activity of organosulfur compounds having a thioallyl group on cultured rat hippocampal neurons[J]. Neurochemical research, 1997, 22(12): 1449-1452.

3. Park, S. H., Lee, H., Kim, H. S., Kim, Y. R., Noh, S. H. Optimum conditions for S-allyl-(L)-cysteine accumulation in aged garlic by RSM[J]. Food Science and Biotechnology, 2014, 23(3): 717-722.

4. Krause R J, Glocke S C, Elfarra A A. Sulfoxides as Urinary Metabolites ofS-Allyl-l-Cysteine in Rats: Evidence for the Involvement of Flavin-Containing Monooxygenases[J]. Drug metabolism and Disposition, 2002, 30(10): 1137-1142.

5. Atif F, Yousuf S, Agrawal S K. S-Allyl L-cysteine diminishes cerebral ischemia-induced mitochondrial dysfunctions in hippocampus[J]. Brain research, 2009, 1265: 128-137.

6. Kosuge, Y., Koen, Y., Ishige, K., Minami, K., Urasawa, H., Saito, H., & Ito, Y. S-allyl-L-cysteine selectively protects cultured rat hippocampal neurons from amyloid -protein-and tunicamycin-induced neuronal death[J]. Neuroscience, 2003, 122(4): 885-895.

7. Atif, Fahim, Seema Yousuf, and Sandeep Kumar Agrawal. S-Allyl L-cysteine diminishes cerebral ischemia-induced mitochondrial dysfunctions in hippocampus. Brain research 1265 (2009): 128-137.

8. Kosuge, Y., Koen, Y., Ishige, K., Minami, K., Urasawa, H., Saito, H., Ito, Y. S-allyl-L-cysteine selectively protects cultured rat hippocampal neurons from amyloid -protein-and tunicamycin-induced neuronal death.Neuroscience 122.4 (2003): 885-895.

9. Moriguchi, T., Nishiyama, N., Saito, H., Katsuki, H. Trophic effects of aged garlic extract (AGE) and its fractions on primary cultured hippocampal neurons from fetal rat brain[J]. Phytotherapy Research, 1996, 10(6): 468-472.

10. Xu, X., Miao, Y., Chen, J. Y., Zhang, Q., & Wang, J. Effective production of S-allyl-L-cysteine through a homogeneous reaction with activated endogenous -glutamyltranspeptidase in garlic (Allium Sativum)[J]. Journal of food science and technology, 2015, 52(3): 1724-1729.

11. Kim, J. M., Lee, J. C., Chang, N., Chun, H. S., Kim, W. K. S-Allyl-L-cysteine attenuates cerebral ischemic injury by scavenging peroxynitrite and inhibiting the activity of extracellular signal-regulated kinase. Free radical research 40.8 (2006): 827-835.

12. Denzer, I., Muench, G., Pischetsrieder, M., Friedland, K. S-allyl-L-cysteine and isoliquiritigenin improve mitochondrial function in cellular models of oxidative and nitrosative stress. Food chemistry 194 (2016): 843-848.