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carminic acid

chemical compound related to the pigment carmine
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carminic acid

Summary

carminic acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (161 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • carminic acid's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • carminic acid's chemical structure is recorded as Carminic acid structure.svg[4].
  • carminic acid's chemical structure is recorded as Carminic acid structure.png[5].
  • carminic acid's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 1260-17-9[6].
  • carminic acid's EC number is recorded as 215-023-3[7].
  • carminic acid's canonical SMILES is recorded as CC1=C2C(=CC(=C1C(=O)O)O)C(=O)C3=C(C2=O)C(=C(C(=C3O)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O[8].
  • carminic acid's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C22H20O13/c1-4-8-5(2-6(24)9(4)22(33)34)13(25)10-11(15(8)27)16(28)12(18(30)17(10)29)21-20(32)19(31)14(26)7(3-23)35-21/h2,7,14,19-21,23-24,26,28-32H,3H2,1H3,(H,33,34)/t7-,14-,19+,20-,21+/m1/s1[9].
  • carminic acid's InChIKey is recorded as DGQLVPJVXFOQEV-JNVSTXMASA-N[10].
  • carminic acid's chemical formula is recorded as C₂₂H₂₀O₁₃[11].
  • carminic acid's subclass of is recorded as carmine[12].
  • carminic acid's subclass of is recorded as Cochineal[13].
  • carminic acid's has use is recorded as food coloring[14].
  • carminic acid's Commons category is recorded as Carminic acid[15].
  • carminic acid's has part is recorded as oxygen[16].
  • carminic acid's has part is recorded as carbon[17].
  • carminic acid's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL263094[18].
  • carminic acid's E number is recorded as E120[19].
  • carminic acid's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05hnnt[20].
  • carminic acid's UNII is recorded as CID8Z8N95N[21].
  • carminic acid's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 8430568[22].
  • carminic acid's PubChem CID is recorded as 10255083[23].
  • carminic acid's KEGG ID is recorded as C11254[24].
  • carminic acid's ChEBI ID is recorded as 78310[25].
  • carminic acid's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300380329[26].
  • carminic acid's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[27].

Why It Matters

carminic acid ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (161 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Commission Regulation (EU) No 1129/2011 of 11 November 2011. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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