IMPPAT Phytochemical information: 
gamma-Linolenic acid

gamma-Linolenic acid
Summary

SMILES: CCCCC/C=CC/C=CC/C=CCCCCC(=O)O
InChI: InChI=1S/C18H30O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h6-7,9-10,12-13H,2-5,8,11,14-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20)/b7-6-,10-9-,13-12-
InChIKey: VZCCETWTMQHEPK-QNEBEIHSSA-N
DeepSMILES: CCCCC/C=CC/C=CC/C=CCCCCC=O)O
Functional groups: C/C=CC; CC(=O)O
Chemical classification
ClassyFire Kingdom: Organic compounds
ClassyFire Superclass: Lipids and lipid-like molecules
ClassyFire Class: Fatty Acyls
ClassyFire Subclass: Lineolic acids and derivatives
NP Classifier Biosynthetic pathway: Fatty acids
NP Classifier Superclass: Fatty Acids and Conjugates
NP Classifier Class: Unsaturated fatty acids
Synonymous chemical names:
gamma-linolenic acid, octadeca-6,9,12- trienoic acid, octadeca-6,9,12-trienoic acid, γ-linolenic acid
External chemical identifiers:
CID:5280933; ChEMBL:CHEMBL464982; ChEBI:28661; ZINC:ZINC000003777423; FDASRS:78YC2MAX4O; SureChEMBL:SCHEMBL19418; MolPort-003-937-818
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gamma-Linolenic acid
Physicochemical properties
Property name Tool Property value
Molecular weight (g/mol) RDKit 278.44
Log P RDKit 5.66
Topological polar surface area (Å2) RDKit 37.3
Number of hydrogen bond acceptors RDKit 1
Number of hydrogen bond donors RDKit 1
Number of carbon atoms RDKit 18
Number of heavy atoms RDKit 20
Number of heteroatoms RDKit 2
Number of nitrogen atoms RDKit 0
Number of sulfur atoms RDKit 0
Number of chiral carbon atoms RDKit 0
Stereochemical complexity RDKit 0
Number of sp hybridized carbon atoms RDKit 0
Number of sp2 hybridized carbon atoms RDKit 7
Number of sp3 hybridized carbon atoms RDKit 11
Shape complexity RDKit 0.61
Number of rotatable bonds RDKit 13
Number of aliphatic carbocycles RDKit 0
Number of aliphatic heterocycles RDKit 0
Number of aliphatic rings RDKit 0
Number of aromatic carbocycles RDKit 0
Number of aromatic heterocycles RDKit 0
Number of aromatic rings RDKit 0
Total number of rings RDKit 0
Number of saturated carbocycles RDKit 0
Number of saturated heterocycles RDKit 0
Number of saturated rings RDKit 0
Number of Smallest Set of Smallest Rings (SSSR) RDKit 0


gamma-Linolenic acid
Drug-likeness properties
Property nameToolProperty value
Number of Lipinski’s rule of 5 violations RDKit 1
Lipinski’s rule of 5 filter RDKit Passed
Number of Ghose filter violations RDKit 1
Ghose filter RDKit Failed
Veber filter RDKit Bad
Pfizer 3/75 filter RDKit Bad
GSK 4/400 filter RDKit Bad
Weighted quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (QEDw) score RDKit 0.3484


gamma-Linolenic acid
ADMET properties
Property nameToolProperty value
Bioavailability score SwissADME 0.55
Solubility class [ESOL] SwissADME Soluble
Solubility class [Silicos-IT] SwissADME Soluble
Blood Brain Barrier permeation SwissADME Yes
Gastrointestinal absorption SwissADME High
Log Kp (Skin permeation, cm/s) SwissADME -5.18
Number of PAINS structural alerts SwissADME 0.0
Number of Brenk structural alerts SwissADME 1.0
CYP1A2 inhibitor SwissADME No
CYP2C19 inhibitor SwissADME Yes
CYP2C9 inhibitor SwissADME Yes
CYP2D6 inhibitor SwissADME No
CYP3A4 inhibitor SwissADME No
P-glycoprotein substrate SwissADME No


gamma-Linolenic acid
Predicted human target proteins
Protein identifierHGNC symbolCombined score from STITCH database
ENSP00000229416GCLC700
ENSP00000238651ACOT2815
ENSP00000259407BAAT800
ENSP00000278840FADS2929
ENSP00000307821FADS6900
ENSP00000308024PCSK1900
ENSP00000311032CASP3700
ENSP00000311224ACOT1800
ENSP00000323071ACOT4800
ENSP00000360538FFAR4900
ENSP00000367086ACOT7800
ENSP00000387662GCG900
The human target proteins were predicted using STITCH, a database of Chemical-Protein interaction networks.