methoxsalen

chemical compound
Class type of: furanocoumarin Q408570

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
type of chemical entity
Active ingredient in
Uvadex, Oxsoralen
Canonical SMILES
COC1=C2C(=CC3=C1OC=C3)C=CC(=O)O2[3]
Chemical formula
C₁₂H₈O₄[4]
Defined daily dose
+10
Found in taxon
Arracacia tolucensis, Metrodorea nigra, Seseli mucronatum, Glehnia littoralis, Daucus carota, Metrodorea flavida, Dictamnus albus, Prangos lipskyi, maize, Heracleum mantegazzianum, Angelica dahurica, Cullen drupaceum, Apium graveolens, Zanthoxylum americanum, parsley, Anethum graveolens, garden chervil, Carum carvi, Coriandrum sativum, Pimpinella anisum, Cuminum cyminum, Foeniculum vulgare, Levisticum officinale, Pastinaca sativa, Ruta graveolens, Ruta pinnata, Ammi majus, Cnidium monnieri, Phellodendron chinense, Tetradium daniellii, Limonia acidissima, Thamnosma texana, Ruta montana, Angelica ursina, Dictamnus dasycarpus, Ashitaba, Ruta chalepensis, Afraegle paniculata, Skimmia laureola, Ruta corsica, Opopanax chironium, Dystaenia takeshimana, Peucedanum ruthenicum, Campylotropis hirtella, Phebalium canaliculatum, Phebalium squamulosum, Phebalium filifolium, Pamburus missionis, Asterolasia trymalioides, Peucedanum japonicum, Esenbeckia grandiflora, Pleurospermum rivulorum, Tordylium apulum, Angelica japonica, Atalantia ceylanica, Ferula sumbul, Angelica gigas, Prangos tschimganica, Leptothyrsa sprucei, Niphogeton ternata, Stauranthus perforatus, Deverra tortuosa, Dinosperma melanophloium, Magydaris pastinacea, Acronychia baeuerlenii, Heracleum grandiflorum, Notobubon galbanum, Angelica pubescens, Asterolasia phebalioides, Diplotaenia damavandica, Murraya koenigii, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Prangos ferulacea, Sideritis taurica, Trichocline sinuata, Cachrys sicula, Heracleum leskovii, Caragana frutex, Ammi visnaga, Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides, Tordyliopsis brunonis, Atalantia racemosa, Seseli elatum, Clausena anisata, Trichocline caulescens, Psilopeganum sinense, Bituminaria bituminosa, Hortia oreadica, Zanthoxylum mayu, Vicia sativa, Heracleum yungningense, Aegle marmelos, Angelica acutiloba, Angelica tarokoensis, Caragana spinosa, Feroniella lucida, Orixa japonica, Peucedanum officinale, Skimmia japonica, Angelica taiwaniana, Angelica biserrata, Seseli tortuosum, Cullen corylifolia, Cullen corylifolium, Pilocarpus goudotianus, Ruta, Rhadinothamnus rudis, Heracleum moellendorffii var. paucivittatum, Heracleum sphondylium, Heracleum lanatum, Heracleum maximum, Heracleum moellendorffii, Heracleum asperum, Heracleum ponticum, Ferulago lutea, Carum montanum, Sideritis syriaca, Prangos uloptera, Ferula moschata, Heracleum dissectum, Angelica archangelica, Leionema ambiens, Rhadinothamnus anceps, Oreoseris delavayi, Seseli buchtormense, Poncirus trifoliata, Boenninghausenia albiflora, Arabidopsis thaliana[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Has characteristic
bitterness
Legal status (medicine)
boxed warning
Mass
+216.042
Melting point
+148
Physically interacts with
taste receptor type 2[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Xanthotoxine en Zanthotoxin en Xanthoxin en 6,7-furocoumarin en 6-Hydroxy-7-methoxy-5-benzofuranacrylic acid delta-lactone en 8-Methoxy-2',3',6,7-furocoumarin en 8-Methoxy-4',5':6,7-furocoumarin en 8-Methoxy-[furano-3'.2':6.7-coumarin] en 8-Methoxyfuranocoumarin en 8-Methoxypsoralen en 8-MOP en 8-MP en 9-Methoxy-7H-furo[3,2-g][1]benzopyran-7-one en Ammoidin en Meladinine en Meloxine en Methoxalen en methoxsalen en Methoxsalen en Méthoxsalène
🔖 Identifiers · 44
OpenAlex ID
C2779175014
ATC code
D05BA02, D05AD02
CAMEO Chemicals ID
20613
CAS Registry Number
298-81-7
ChEBI ID
18358
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL416
ChemSpider ID
3971
DSSTOX compound identifier
DTXCID40830
DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID8020830
DeCS ID
8909
DrugBank ID
DB00553
Show all 44 identifiers +32
DrugCentral ID
30
EC number
206-066-9
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.005.516
Freebase ID
/m/06vc4p
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/12288t3b
HSDB ID
2505
Human Metabolome Database ID
HMDB0014693
IEDB Epitope ID
613448
KEGG ID
D00139
KNApSAcK ID
C00000576
MeSH concept ID
M0013600
MeSH descriptor ID
D008730
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779175014
NIAID ChemDB ID
001590
NSC number
45923, 757114
PDB ligand ID
8MO
PDB structure ID
1Z11
Probes And Drugs ID
PD001860
PubChem CID
4114
Reaxys registry number
196453
RxNorm CUI
6854
Römpp online ID
RD-24-00054
SureChEMBL ID
19168
UMLS CUI
C0025684
UniChem compound ID
246277

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🔗 Connections
Found in taxon 105
Medical condition treated 4
← Drug or therapy used for treatment 4
Subject has role 3
Has characteristic 1
Has use 1
Legal status (medicine) 1
Subclass of 1
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Summary

methoxsalen is a type of chemical entity[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Phytochemicals from Ruta graveolens Activate TAS2R Bitter Taste Receptors and TRP Channels Involved in Gustation and Nociception.. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . DrugBank. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Constituents, biological activities and quality control parameters of the crude extract and essential oil from Arracacia tolucensis var. multifida. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Dihydrochalcones, coumarins and alkaloids from Metrodorea nigra. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Simultaneous determination of phenolic acids and linear furanocoumarins in fruits of libanotis dolichostyla by solid-phase extraction and high performance liquid chromatography. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Psoralen and other linear furanocoumarins as phytoalexins in Glehnia littoralis. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Furocoumarins in the cultivated carrot, Daucus carota. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Coumarins from the roots and stem bark of Metrodorea flavida. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Coumarins and flavonoids ofDictamnus angustifolius. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Coumarins from the roots of Prangos lipskyi. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Abscisic acid, xanthoxin and violaxanthin in the caps of gravistimulated maize roots. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Heracleum mantegazzianum growth phases and furocoumarin content. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Coumarins of the roots of Angelica dahurica. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Phenolic components of the unsaponifiable fraction of the lipids of Psorlea drupaceae. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . HPLC analysis of linear furocoumarins (psoralens) in healthy celery (Apium graveolens). wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Antifungal constituents of northern prickly ash, Zanthoxylum americanum mill. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Nabbegat · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Defined daily dose → 10 milligram
    Legal status (medicine) → boxed warning
    Instance of → type of chemical entity
    Has characteristic → bitterness
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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