gallein (CHEBI:88294)

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ChEBI Name	gallein

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:88294

Definition	A xanthene dye that is fluoran carrying four hydroxy substituents at positions 3', 4', 5' and 6'.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

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Formula

C20H12O7

Net Charge

Average Mass

364.306

Monoisotopic Mass

364.05830

InChI

InChI=1S/C20H12O7/c21-13-7-5-11-17(15(13)23)26-18-12(6-8-14(22)16(18)24)20(11)10-4-2-1-3-9(10)19(25)27-20/h1-8,21-24H

InChIKey

PHLYOKFVXIVOJC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

OC1=CC=C2C3(OC(C4=C3C=CC=C4)=O)C=5C(OC2=C1O)=C(C(=CC5)O)O

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	G-protein-coupled receptor antagonist An antagonist at G-protein-coupled receptor.

Application(s):	fluorochrome A fluorescent dye used to stain biological specimens. histological dye A dye used in microscopic or electron microscopic examination of cells and tissues to give contrast and to highlight particular features of interest, such as nuclei and cytoplasm. dye (via xanthene dye )

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	gallein (CHEBI:88294) has functional parent fluoran (CHEBI:37915) gallein (CHEBI:88294) has role fluorochrome (CHEBI:51217) gallein (CHEBI:88294) has role G-protein-coupled receptor antagonist (CHEBI:88295) gallein (CHEBI:88294) has role histological dye (CHEBI:77178) gallein (CHEBI:88294) is a γ-lactone (CHEBI:37581) gallein (CHEBI:88294) is a 2-benzofurans (CHEBI:38831) gallein (CHEBI:88294) is a organic heteropentacyclic compound (CHEBI:38164) gallein (CHEBI:88294) is a oxaspiro compound (CHEBI:37948) gallein (CHEBI:88294) is a polyphenol (CHEBI:26195) gallein (CHEBI:88294) is a xanthene dye (CHEBI:37929)

IUPAC Name

3',4',5',6'-tetrahydroxy-3H-spiro[2-benzofuran-1,9'-xanthen]-3-one

Synonyms	Sources
3',4',5',6'-Tetrahydroxyfluoran	ChemIDplus
3',4',5',6'-Tetrahydroxyspiro(isobenzofuran-1(3H),9'-(9H)xanthene)-3-one	ChemIDplus
4,5-Dihydroxyfluorescein	ChemIDplus
Alizarin violet	ChEBI
C.I. 45445	ChEBI
C.I. Mordant Violet 25	ChemIDplus
Mordant violet 25	ChEBI
Pyrogallolphthalein	ChemIDplus

Last Modified

20 October 2015