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Anacardic acid

Synonym(s):

2-Hydroxy-6-pentadecylbenzoic acid, 22:0-Anacardic acid, 6-Pentadecylsalicylic acid

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C22H36O3
CAS Number:
16611-84-0
Molecular Weight:
348.52
MDL number:
MFCD07368254
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:
329770923
NACRES:
NA.77

form

powder

storage condition

protect from light

color

white to beige

solubility

DMSO: ≥20 mg/mL

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCc1cccc(O)c1C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C22H36O3/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-16-19-17-15-18-20(23)21(19)22(24)25/h15,17-18,23H,2-14,16H2,1H3,(H,24,25)

InChI key

ADFWQBGTDJIESE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Anacardic acid has been used:
  • as a histone acetylase (HAT) inhibitor to study its effects on rat cortical neurons
  • as a positive control in acetylation assay in vitro
  • as an acetylase inhibitor to study its effects on the ribonucleic acid export 1 (Rae-1) protein acetylation that was transfected in human embryonic kidney cells

Biochem/physiol Actions

Anacardic acid is a natural bioactive compound derived from the nutshell of Anacardium occidentale. It possesses anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-termite, and molluscicidales activities. Anacardic acid acts as a therapeutic agent against obesity, cancer, inflammatory disorders, and oxidative damage. It functions as an inhibitor of various enzymes such as lipoxygenase (LOX-1), xanthine oxidase, nuclear factor κ B (NFκB) kinase, tyrosinase, and ureases.
Anacardic acid is a HAT (Histone Acetyltransferase) inhibitor.

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Mingxi Li et al.
Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 877(30), 3885-3892 (2009-10-16)
Global histone modifications and their putative relevance to short and long term cellular programming have drawn substantial interest in the study of chromatin. Here we describe the use of reverse-phase liquid chromatography coupled to Linear Ion Trap-Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
B Devipriya et al.
Journal of molecular graphics & modelling, 34, 57-66 (2012-02-07)
A charge density analysis has been performed on gas phase and docked forms of anacardic acid molecule to understand its charge density distribution, electrostatic moments and the conformation in the active site of p300 enzyme. Here, we report the binding
Mahadevappa Hemshekhar et al.
Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology, 110(2), 122-132 (2011-11-23)
Anacardic acid (AA) is a bioactive phytochemical found in nutshell of Anacardium occidentale. Chemically, it is a mixture of several closely related organic compounds, each consisting of salicylic acid substituted with an alkyl chain. The traditional Ayurveda depicts nutshell oil
Emerging Roles of Anacardic Acid and Its Derivatives: A Pharmacological Overview
Hemshekhar, M., et al.
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, doi: 10-doi: 10 (2011)
Massimo Ghizzoni et al.
European journal of medicinal chemistry, 47(1), 337-344 (2011-11-22)
Histone acetyltransferases are important enzymes that regulate various cellular functions, such as epigenetic control of DNA transcription. Development of HAT inhibitors with high selectivity and potency will provide powerful mechanistic tools for the elucidation of the biological functions of HATs
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