Malic acid
This drug entry is a stub and has not been fully annotated. It is scheduled to be annotated soon.
Identification
- Name
- Malic acid
- Accession Number
- DB12751
- Description
Malic acid has been used in trials studying the treatment of Xerostomia, Depression, and Hypertension.
- Type
- Small Molecule
- Groups
- Investigational
- Structure
- Weight
- Average: 134.0874
Monoisotopic: 134.021523302 - Chemical Formula
- C4H6O5
- Synonyms
- Not Available
Pharmacology
- Indication
- Not Available
- Associated Conditions
- Contraindications & Blackbox Warnings
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- Not Available
- Mechanism of action
- Not Available
- Absorption
- Not Available
- Volume of distribution
- Not Available
- Protein binding
- Not Available
- Metabolism
- Not Available
- Route of elimination
- Not Available
- Half-life
- Not Available
- Clearance
- Not Available
- Adverse Effects
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- Not Available
- Affected organisms
- Not Available
- Pathways
- Not Available
- Pharmacogenomic Effects/ADRs
- Not Available
Interactions
- Drug Interactions
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- Food Interactions
- Not Available
Products
Categories
- Drug Categories
- Chemical TaxonomyProvided by Classyfire
- Description
- This compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as beta hydroxy acids and derivatives. These are compounds containing a carboxylic acid substituted with a hydroxyl group on the C3 carbon atom.
- Kingdom
- Organic compounds
- Super Class
- Organic acids and derivatives
- Class
- Hydroxy acids and derivatives
- Sub Class
- Beta hydroxy acids and derivatives
- Direct Parent
- Beta hydroxy acids and derivatives
- Alternative Parents
- Short-chain hydroxy acids and derivatives / Fatty acids and conjugates / Dicarboxylic acids and derivatives / Alpha hydroxy acids and derivatives / Secondary alcohols / Carboxylic acids / Organic oxides / Hydrocarbon derivatives / Carbonyl compounds
- Substituents
- Alcohol / Aliphatic acyclic compound / Alpha-hydroxy acid / Beta-hydroxy acid / Carbonyl group / Carboxylic acid / Carboxylic acid derivative / Dicarboxylic acid or derivatives / Fatty acid / Hydrocarbon derivative
- Molecular Framework
- Aliphatic acyclic compounds
- External Descriptors
- C4-dicarboxylic acid, 2-hydroxydicarboxylic acid (CHEBI:6650)
Chemical Identifiers
- UNII
- 817L1N4CKP
- CAS number
- 6915-15-7
- InChI Key
- BJEPYKJPYRNKOW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- InChI
- InChI=1S/C4H6O5/c5-2(4(8)9)1-3(6)7/h2,5H,1H2,(H,6,7)(H,8,9)
- IUPAC Name
- 2-hydroxybutanedioic acid
- SMILES
- OC(CC(O)=O)C(O)=O
References
- General References
- Not Available
- External Links
- Human Metabolome Database
- HMDB0000744
- KEGG Compound
- C00711
- PubChem Compound
- 525
- PubChem Substance
- 347828940
- ChemSpider
- 510
- BindingDB
- 92495
- 29209
- ChEBI
- 6650
- ChEMBL
- CHEMBL1455497
- Wikipedia
- Malic_acid
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
Phase Status Purpose Conditions Count 2, 3 Completed Treatment Depression / Dry Mouth / High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) 1 Not Available Recruiting Treatment Malignancies, Hematologic 1
Pharmacoeconomics
- Manufacturers
- Not Available
- Packagers
- Not Available
- Dosage Forms
Form Route Strength Solution Topical 21.5 mg/g Ointment Topical 7 mg/g Solution Intravenous 0.25 g/mL Solution Intravenous 4.15 g Solution Intravenous 4.15 g/1000ml Solution Intravenous 2.682 g/20ml Solution Intravenous 50 g Solution Intravenous 0.3 g Solution Intravenous 0.67 g Solution Intravenous 0.37 g/L Solution Intravenous 0.6 g/L - Prices
- Not Available
- Patents
- Not Available
Properties
- State
- Not Available
- Experimental Properties
- Not Available
- Predicted Properties
Property Value Source Water Solubility 218.0 mg/mL ALOGPS logP -0.87 ALOGPS logP -1.1 ChemAxon logS 0.21 ALOGPS pKa (Strongest Acidic) 3.2 ChemAxon pKa (Strongest Basic) -3.9 ChemAxon Physiological Charge -2 ChemAxon Hydrogen Acceptor Count 5 ChemAxon Hydrogen Donor Count 3 ChemAxon Polar Surface Area 94.83 Å2 ChemAxon Rotatable Bond Count 3 ChemAxon Refractivity 24.88 m3·mol-1 ChemAxon Polarizability 10.91 Å3 ChemAxon Number of Rings 0 ChemAxon Bioavailability 1 ChemAxon Rule of Five Yes ChemAxon Ghose Filter No ChemAxon Veber's Rule No ChemAxon MDDR-like Rule No ChemAxon - Predicted ADMET Features
- Not Available
Spectra
- Mass Spec (NIST)
- Not Available
- Spectra
Drug created on October 20, 2016 18:01 / Updated on June 12, 2020 10:53
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