2D Structure

3D Structure

m-Cresol


Properties
PID PID00095
Mol. Weight 108.14 g/mol
LogP 2.18
Water solubility 0.234 mol/L at 20 °C
Hydrogen Bond Donor 1
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor 1
Rotatable Bonds 0
XLogP3 2.0

m-Cresol

Identifiers
Formula C7H8O
PubChem CID 342
FEMA 3530
Flavor Profile Phenolic Odor, Odor Of Coal Tar, Sweet, Tarry Odor;
Smiles Cc1cccc(O)c1
InChl Key RLSSMJSEOOYNOY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChl InChI=1S/C7H8O/c1-6-3-2-4-7(8)5-6/h2-5,8H,1H3
CAS Registry Number 108-39-4, 15831-10-4
IUPAC Systematic Name 3-methylphenol

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
Doubleteeth Pubescent Angelica Equivalent plant: HDu Huo (独活)Angelicae Pubescentis RadixWarm, Pungent, BitterSpleen, LiverView Graph
MyrrhMo Yao (没药)MyrrhaNeutral, Pungent, BitterSpleen, Liver, Heart, KidneyView Graph
Common Aucklandia (Costustoot)Mu Xiang(木香)Aucklandiae RadixWarm, Bitter, PungentSpleen, Large Intestine, Stomach, Gallbladder, Three EndView Graph
Arisaema consanguineumTian Nan Xing(天南星)Reddish Jackinthepulpit Equivalent plant: PinelliWarm,Pungent,BitterLung,Spleen,LiverView Graph
Chinese Angelica Equivalent plant: PhlojodicarpusDang Gui (当归)Angelicae Sinensis RadixWarm,Pungent,SweetSpleen,Liver,HeartView Graph

Pharmacological action

m-Cresol is a component found in temporal glands secretions during musth in male African elephants.It is a colourless, viscous liquid. It is a constituent of tobacco smoke .It has inhibitory effect on the nitrication specic rates.



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.

References

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11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Cresol