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Also known as pinocembrine, (S)-5,7-dihydroxyflavanone

Pinocembrin is a flavanone, a type of flavonoid. It is an antioxidant found in damiana, honey, fingerroot, and propolis.

Chemical data

Formula
C15H12O4
Molecular weight
256.25 g/mol
IUPAC name
(2S)-5,7-dihydroxy-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one
SMILES
C1[C@H](OC2=CC(=CC(=C2C1=O)O)O)C3=CC=CC=C3
InChIKey
URFCJEUYXNAHFI-ZDUSSCGKSA-N
XLogP
2.7
Polar surface area
66.8 Ų
H-bond donors
2
H-bond acceptors
4
Formal charge
0

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Wikidata facts

Mass
256.073558864
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found in taxon
broad bean
isomeric SMILES
C1[C@H](OC2=CC(=CC(=C2C1=O)O)O)C3=CC=CC=C3
chemical formula
C₁₅H₁₂O₄
Commons category
Pinocembrin
canonical SMILES
O=C1C=2C(O)=CC(O)=CC2OC(C=3C=CC=CC3)C1
has characteristic
bitterness
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Encyclopedic overview

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Pinocembrin is a flavanone, a type of flavonoid. It is an antioxidant found in damiana, honey, fingerroot, and propolis.

Pinocembrin can be converted biosynthetically to pinobanksin by hydroxylation.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pinocembrin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.