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Details

Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C9H10O4
Molecular Weight 182.1733
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of HOMOVANILLIC ACID

SMILES

COC1=C(O)C=CC(CC(O)=O)=C1

InChI

InChIKey=QRMZSPFSDQBLIX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C9H10O4/c1-13-8-4-6(5-9(11)12)2-3-7(8)10/h2-4,10H,5H2,1H3,(H,11,12)

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C9H10O4
Molecular Weight 182.1733
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
Target ID: P00433
Gene ID: NA
Gene Symbol: PRXC1A
Target Organism: Armoracia rusticana (Horseradish) (Armoracia laphatifolia)
Target ID: Flucose oxidase, fungal
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Reduction of MOPEG levels in cerebrospinal fluid of psychotic women after electroconvulsive treatment.
1979 Aug 8
CSF studies in violent offenders. I. 5-HIAA as a negative and HVA as a positive predictor of psychopathy.
2001
Decreased densities of dopamine and serotonin transporters and of vesicular monoamine transporter 2 in severely kainic acid lesioned subregions of the striatum.
2001
Opposite genotype-dependent mesocorticolimbic dopamine response to stress.
2001
Site-specific activation of dopamine and serotonin transmission by aniracetam in the mesocorticolimbic pathway of rats.
2001 Apr 6
Effect of intracerebral 6-nitronoradrenaline, an endogenous catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor, on striatal dopamine metabolism in anaesthetised rats.
2001 Aug 15
CSF dopamine, serotonin, and biopterin metabolites in patients with restless legs syndrome.
2001 Jan
Monoamine compounds in cerebrospinal fluid of healthy subjects punctured without preceding strict bed rest: a pilot study.
2001 Jan
The effects of water-odor preference conditioning in the preadolescent nucleus accumbens septi.
2001 Jan
Involvement of D2 dopamine receptors in the opposing effects of two CCK-B agonists in a spatial recognition memory task: role of the anterior nucleus accumbens.
2001 Jan 1
Characterization of extracellular dopamine clearance in the medial prefrontal cortex: role of monoamine uptake and monoamine oxidase inhibition.
2001 Jan 1
Significance of glutamate and dopamine neurons in the ventral pallidum in the expression of behavioral sensitization to amphetamine.
2001 Jan 19
A novel neurodevelopmental syndrome responsive to 5-hydroxytryptophan and carbidopa.
2001 Jun
Dopaminergic changes in human brain following acute exposure to gamma-hydroxybutyrate.
2001 Jun 12
Effects of intrastriatal infusion of D2 and D3 dopamine receptor preferring antagonists on dopamine release in rat dorsal striatum (in vivo microdialysis study).
2001 Mar
In vivo effects of inorganic mercury (HgCl(2)) on striatal dopaminergic system.
2001 Mar
Biogenic amine metabolites and thiamine in cerebrospinal fluid in heredo-degenerative ataxias.
2001 May
Striatal dopaminergic and serotonergic markers in human heroin users.
2001 May
Nomifensine reveals age-related changes in K(+)-evoked striatal DA overflow in F344 rats.
2001 May-Jun
Effect of chronic protein restriction on motor co-ordination and brain neurotransmitters in albino rats.
2001 Oct
In-use stability of monoamine metabolites in human cerebrospinal fluid.
2001 Sep 5
Patents
Substance Class Chemical
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Record UNII
X77S6GMS36
Record Status Validated (UNII)
Record Version
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Name Type Language
HMDB00118
Preferred Name English
HOMOVANILLIC ACID
MI  
Systematic Name English
HVA
Common Name English
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-.ALPHA.-TOLUIC ACID
Systematic Name English
VANILACETIC ACID
Common Name English
HOMOVANILLIC ACID [MI]
Common Name English
NSC-16682
Code English
(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)ACETIC ACID
Systematic Name English
3-METHOXY-4-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID
Systematic Name English
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYBENZENEACETIC ACID
Systematic Name English
Code System Code Type Description
FDA UNII
X77S6GMS36
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PRIMARY
MERCK INDEX
m6049
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MESH
D006719
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WIKIPEDIA
HOMOVANILLIC ACID
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NSC
16682
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PUBCHEM
1738
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CAS
306-08-1
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
206-176-7
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID5059791
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CHEBI
545959
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