genistein   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 2826

Synonyms: 5,7,4'-trihydroxyisoflavone
PDB Ligand
Compound class: Natural product
Comment: Genistein is a phytochemical present in soy extract that has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and estrogenic effects.
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2D Structure
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2D Structure

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Physico-chemical Properties
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Physico-chemical Properties

Calculated molecular properties are available for small molecules and natural products (not peptides). Properties were generated using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/). All properties were selected to enable the prediction of the Lipinski Rule-of-Five profile or ‘druglikeness’ for each ligand. For more info on each category see the help pages.

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Hydrogen bond acceptors 1
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 1
Topological polar surface area 90.9
Molecular weight 270.05
XLogP 3.33
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0

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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey

SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification) A specification for unambiguously describing the structure of chemical molecules using short ASCII strings. Canonical SMILES specify a unique representation of the 2D structure without chiral or isotopic specifications. Isomeric SMILES include chiral specification and isotopes.

Standard InChI (IUPAC International Chemical Identifier) and InChIKey InChI is a non-proprietary, standard, textual identifier for chemical substances designed to facilitate linking of information and database searching. An InChIKey is a simplified version of a full InChI, designed for easier web searching.

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Canonical SMILES Oc1ccc(cc1)c1coc2c(c1=O)c(O)cc(c2)O
Isomeric SMILES Oc1ccc(cc1)c1coc2c(c1=O)c(O)cc(c2)O
InChI InChI=1S/C15H10O5/c16-9-3-1-8(2-4-9)11-7-20-13-6-10(17)5-12(18)14(13)15(11)19/h1-7,16-18H
InChI Key TZBJGXHYKVUXJN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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References
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Genistein ameliorates learning and memory deficits in amyloid β(1-40) rat model of Alzheimer's disease.
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Comparison of the ligand binding specificity and transcript tissue distribution of estrogen receptors alpha and beta.
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Soy isoflavones and other isoflavonoids activate the human bitter taste receptors hTAS2R14 and hTAS2R39.
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Genistein: A promising ally in combating neurodegenerative disorders.
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6. Suetsugi M, Su L, Karlsberg K, Yuan YC, Chen S. (2003)
Flavone and isoflavone phytoestrogens are agonists of estrogen-related receptors.
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Chloride channels as drug targets.
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Genistein potentiates activity of the cation channel TRPC5 independently of tyrosine kinases.
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