Identifiers
Formula	C9H14O
PubChem CID	19602
FEMA	3317
Flavor Profile	Butter, Floral, Fruit, Green Bean
Smiles	CCCCCc1ccco1
InChl Key	YVBAUDVGOFCUSG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChl	InChI=1S/C9H14O/c1-2-3-4-6-9-7-5-8-10-9/h5,7-8H,2-4,6H2,1H3
CAS Registry Number	3777-69-3, 64079-01-2
IUPAC Systematic Name	2-pentylfuran

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/)

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Related Pungent TCM

English Name	Pinyin Name (Chinese Name)	Latin Name	Properties in TCM	merdians	View Graph
Medicinal Indianmulberry	Ba Ji Tian(巴戟天)	Morindae Officinalis Radix	Warm, Pungent, Sweet	Lung, Bladder, Heart	View Graph
Dahurian Angelica	Bai Zhi(白芷)	Angelicae Dahuricae Radix	Warm, Pungent	Lung, Spleen, Stomach	View Graph
Barbed Skullcap	Ban Zhi Lian(半枝莲)	Scutellariae Barbatae Herba	Cold, Bitter, Pungent	Bladder, Spleen, Liver，Stomach	View Graph
Chinese Thorowax Equivalent plant: Bupleurum scorz	Chai Hu(柴胡)	Bupleuri Radix	Minor cold, Pungent, Bitter	Liver, Gallbladder, Lung	View Graph
Motherwort Fruit	Chong Wei Zi(茺蔚子)	Leonuri Fructus	Cold, Bitter, Pungent	Bladder, Spleen, Liver，Stomach	View Graph
Chuanxiong (Wallich Ligusticum) Equivalent plant	Chuan Xiong (川芎)	Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort	Warm, Pungent	Lung, Spleen, Stomach	View Graph
Centipeda minima	E Bu Shi Cao(鹅不食草)	Small Centipeda	Warm,Pungent	Spleen, Stomach, Kidney, Lung	View Graph
Divaricate Saposhnikovia	Fang Feng (防风)	Saposhnikoviae Radix	Warm, Pungent, Sweet	Lung, Bladder, Heart	View Graph
bark of Officinal magnolia	Hou Pu(厚朴)	Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex	Warm, Pungent, Bitter	Spleen, Liver	View Graph
Tuber Onion Seed	Jiu Cai Zi (韭菜子)	Allii Tuberosi Semen	Warm, Sweet, Pungent	Liver, Kidney	View Graph
Bush Redpepper	La Jiao (辣椒)	Capsici Fructus	Hot, Pungent	Lung, Spleen, Stomach, Heart, Kidney	View Graph
Chinese Ephedra Equivalent plant: Ephedra equiseti	Ma Huang (麻黄)	Ephedrae Herba	Warm, Pungent, Slightly Bitter	Lung, Bladder	View Graph
Dahurian Rhododendron	Man Shan Hong (满山红)	Rhododendri Daurici Folium	Cold, Pungent, Bitter	Liver, Heart, Lung	View Graph
Common Aucklandia (Costustoot)	Mu Xiang(木香)	Aucklandiae Radix	Warm, Bitter, Pungent	Spleen, Large Intestine, Stomach, Gallbladder, Three End	View Graph
Great Burdock Fruit	Niu Bang Zi(牛蒡子)	Arctii Fructus	Cold, Bitter, Pungent	Bladder, Spleen, Liver，Stomach	View Graph
Incised Notopterygium Equivalent plant: Notoptery	Qiang Huo(羌活)	Notopterygii Rhizoma Et Radix	Warm, Bitter, Pungent	Spleen, Large Intestine, Stomach, Gallbladder, Three End	View Graph
Bugbane Equivalent plant: Cimicifuga dahurica, Ci	Sheng Ma(升麻)	Cimicifugae Rhizoma	Cold, Sweet, Pungent	Lung, Spleen, Large Intestine, Stomach	View Graph
Arisaema consanguineum	Tian Nan Xing(天南星)	Reddish Jackinthepulpit Equivalent plant: Pinelli	Warm,Pungent,Bitter	Lung,Spleen,Liver	View Graph
Semen Cuseutae;Semen Cuseutae	Tu Si Zi(菟丝子)	Dodder Seed	Mild,Pungent,Sweet	Lung,Stomach,Heart	View Graph
Cacumen Tamaricis	Xi He Liu(西河柳)	Chinese Tamarisk Twig	Mild,Pungent,Sweet	Lung,Stomach,Heart	View Graph
Paniculate Swallowwort	Xu Chang Qing(徐长卿)	Cynanchi Paniculati Radix Et Rhizoma	Warm, Pungent	Lung, Spleen, Stomach	View Graph
Tokyo Violet	Zi Hua Di Ding (紫花地丁)	Peucedani Decursivi Radix	Cold, Pungent, Bitter	Liver, Heart, Lung	View Graph

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Pharmacological action

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