kojic acid

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q416285
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kojic acid

Summary

kojic acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • kojic acid's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • kojic acid's chemical structure is recorded as 5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4H-pyran-4-one 200.svg[4].
  • kojic acid's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 501-30-4[5].
  • kojic acid's EC number is recorded as 207-922-4[6].
  • kojic acid's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1=C(OC=C(C1=O)O)CO[7].
  • kojic acid's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C6H6O4/c7-2-4-1-5(8)6(9)3-10-4/h1,3,7,9H,2H2[8].
  • kojic acid's InChIKey is recorded as BEJNERDRQOWKJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N[9].
  • kojic acid's chemical formula is recorded as C₆H₆O₄[10].
  • kojic acid's subclass of is recorded as chemical compound[11].
  • kojic acid's part of is recorded as kojic acid metabolic process[12].
  • kojic acid's part of is recorded as kojic acid biosynthetic process[13].
  • kojic acid's Commons category is recorded as Kojic acid[14].
  • kojic acid's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as C011890[15].
  • kojic acid's has part is recorded as carbon[16].
  • kojic acid's has part is recorded as oxygen[17].
  • kojic acid's has part is recorded as hydrogen[18].
  • kojic acid's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL287556[19].
  • kojic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 1GQH[20].
  • kojic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 3NQ1[21].
  • kojic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 5I38[22].
  • kojic acid's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d3dqr[23].
  • kojic acid's UNII is recorded as 6K23F1TT52[24].
  • kojic acid's RTECS number is recorded as UQ0875000[25].
  • kojic acid's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 3708[26].
  • kojic acid's PubChem CID is recorded as 3840[27].

Why It Matters

kojic acid ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . PubChem. Retrieved . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). kojic acid. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/kojic-acid
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kojic-acid_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{kojic acid}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kojic-acid}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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