Chemical substance record

Chrysophanol

481-74-3C₁₅H₁₀O₄254.241 g/mol

Organic/Inorganic Small MoleculeChEBI source record

A trihydroxyanthraquinone that is chrysazin with a methyl substituent at C-3. It has been isolated from Aloe vera and exhibits antiviral and anti-inflammatory activity. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values

CAS number	481-74-3	ChEBI ↗
Molecular formula	C₁₅H₁₀O₄	ChEBI ↗
Molar mass	254.241 g/mol	ChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass	254.05791 Da	ChEBI ↗
Formal charge	0	ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifier	CHEBI:3687	ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass	254.24 g/mol	PubChem ↗
Exact mass	254.05790880 Da	PubChem ↗
Computed XLogP	3.5	PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Å²)	74.6	PubChem ↗
H-bond donors	2	PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors	4	PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds	0	PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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Source preferred name

chrysophanol

IUPAC name

1,8-dihydroxy-3-methyl-9,10-anthraquinone

InChIKey

LQGUBLBATBMXHT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

Cc1cc(O)c2c(c1)C(=O)c1cccc(O)c1C2=O

InChI

InChI=1S/C15H10O4/c1-7-5-9-13(11(17)6-7)15(19)12-8(14(9)18)3-2-4-10(12)16/h2-6,16-17H,1H3

Names & synonyms

1,8-dihydroxy-3-methyl-9,10-anthraquinone

Names are supplied by ChEBI. Trade names and related synonyms may describe a broader product context.

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

dihydroxyanthraquinoneChEBI parent class · 37484 ↗

ketone phenols organic molecular entity

Roles recorded in ChEBI

antiviral agentanti-inflammatory agentplant metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Amount

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Equivalent amount

0.00393328 mol

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Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions

C

Carbon · 15 atoms

70.86%

O

Oxygen · 4 atoms

25.17%

H

Hydrogen · 10 atoms

3.96%

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Research & patent references

Selected source associations

A TD-DFT study on the photo-physicochemical properties of chrysophanol from rheum. ↗International journal of molecular sciences · 2009 Jul 13 · PMID 19742131

Pharmacokinetics of anthraquinones in rat plasma after oral administration of a rhubarb extract. ↗Biomedical chromatography : BMC · 2014 Apr · PMID 24136708

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026

Identity, formula, mass, synonyms & ontologyEMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:3687

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

Additional molecular descriptorsNCBI PubChem · CID 10208 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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