Secondary metabolite: Ferulic acid



Ferulic acid
Summary
Molecular formula: C10H10O4
SMILES: COc1cc(/C=C/C(=O)O)ccc1O
InChI: InChI=1S/C10H10O4/c1-14-9-6-7(2-4-8(9)11)3-5-10(12)13/h2-6,11H,1H3,(H,12,13)/b5-3+
InChIKey: KSEBMYQBYZTDHS-HWKANZROSA-N
Chemical classification
Kingdom: Organic compounds
Super class: Phenylpropanoids and polyketides
Class: Cinnamic acids and derivatives
Sub class: Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives
Synonymous chemical names:
ferulic acid
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Ferulic acid
Physicochemical properties
Property name Tool Property value
Molecular weight (g/mol) RDKit 194.19
Log P RDKit 1.5
Topological polar surface area (Å2) RDKit 66.76
Number of hydrogen bond acceptors RDKit 3
Number of hydrogen bond donors RDKit 2
Number of carbon atoms RDKit 10
Number of heavy atoms RDKit 14
Number of heteroatoms RDKit 4
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 9
Number of sp3 hybridized carbon atoms RDKit 1
Fraction of sp3 hybridized carbon atoms (Fsp3) RDKit 0.1
Shape complexity RDKit 0.1
Number of rotatable bonds SwissADME 3
Number of aliphatic carbocycles RDKit 0
Number of aliphatic heterocycles RDKit 0
Number of aliphatic rings RDKit 0
Number of aromatic carbocycles RDKit 1
Number of aromatic heterocycles RDKit 0
Number of aromatic rings RDKit 1
Total number of rings RDKit 1
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 1



Ferulic acid
Drug-likeness properties
Property nameToolProperty value
Number of Lipinski’s rule of 5 violations RDKit 0
Lipinski’s rule of 5 filter RDKit Passed
Number of Ghose filter violations RDKit 0
Ghose filter RDKit Passed
Veber filter RDKit Good
Egan filter RDKit Good
Pfizer’s 3/75 filter RDKit Bad
GSK 4/400 filter RDKit Good
Number of Leadlikeness violations SwissADME 1
Weighted quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (QEDw) score RDKit 0.72



Ferulic acid
ADMET properties
Property nameToolProperty value
Bioavailability score SwissADME 0.85
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 -6.41
Number of PAINS structural alerts SwissADME 0
Number of Brenk structural alerts SwissADME 1
CYP1A2 inhibitor SwissADME No
CYP2C19 inhibitor SwissADME No
CYP2C9 inhibitor SwissADME No
CYP2D6 inhibitor SwissADME No
CYP3A4 inhibitor SwissADME No
P-glycoprotein substrate SwissADME No



Ferulic acid
Predicted human target proteins

Designed by R.P. Vivek-Ananth, M Karthikeyan and Ajaya Kumar Sahoo