Hypericin

CAS: 548-04-9

Ref. TR-H998190

Product Information

• Name: Hypericin
• Synonyms: Phenanthro[1,10,9,8-opqra]perylene-7,14-dione, 1,3,4,6,8,13-hexahydroxy-10,11-dimethyl-, stereoisomer (6CI, 7CI, 8CI, 9CI, ACI), stereoisomer of 1,3,4,6,8,13-Hexahydroxy-10,11-dimethylphenanthro[1,10,9,8-opqra]perylene-7,14-dione (ACI), 1,3,4,6,8,13-Hexahydroxy-10,11-dimethylphenanthro[1,10,9,8-opqra]perylene-7,14-dione P-conformer, Cyclo-Werol, Cyclosan, HyBryte, Hyperflav, Hypericum red, NSC 407313
• Brand: TRC

Description

Applications Hypericin is an extract from Hypericum perforatum L. hypericaceae (also known as St. John’s wort) and is believed to be an antibiotic/antiviral, specifically acting as a kinase inhibitor.
References Valeri, A. et al.: J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 64, 1770 (2012); Tahtouh, T. et al.: J. Med. Chem., 55, 9312 (2012); Arsic, I. et al.: Molecules, 15, 6688 (2010);

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 504.44
• Formula: C₃₀H₁₆O₈
• Color/Form: Neat
• InChI: InChI=1S/C30H16O8/c1-7-3-9(31)19-23-15(7)16-8(2)4-10(32)20-24(16)28-26-18(12(34)6-14(36)22(26)30(20)38)17-11(33)5-13(35)21(29(19)37)25(17)27(23)28/h3-6,31-36H,1-2H3
• InChI key: InChIKey=BTXNYTINYBABQR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: Cc1cc(O)c2c(=O)c3c(O)cc(O)c4c5c(O)cc(O)c6c(=O)c7c(O)cc(C)c8c1c2c(c34)c(c78)c65