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<metabolite>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2016-09-30 22:52:41 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2020-06-04 21:10:23 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>BMDB0002209</accession>
  <secondary_accessions>
    <accession>BMDB02209</accession>
  </secondary_accessions>
  <name>Equol</name>
  <description>Equol, also known as aus-131(S)-equol or 3'-hydroxy-equol, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as isoflavanols. These are polycyclic compounds containing a hydroxylated isoflavan skeleton. Equol exists as a solid, possibly soluble (in water), and an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa) molecule. Equol is a potentially toxic compound.</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>(+-)-Isomer OF equol</synonym>
    <synonym>3' Hydroxy equol</synonym>
    <synonym>3'-Hydroxy-equol</synonym>
    <synonym>4' O Methyl equol</synonym>
    <synonym>4' Methoxy 7 isoflavanol</synonym>
    <synonym>4'-O-Methyl equol</synonym>
    <synonym>4'-Methoxy-7-isoflavanol</synonym>
    <synonym>6' Hydroxy equol</synonym>
    <synonym>6'-Hydroxy-equol</synonym>
    <synonym>Equol, 4'-O-methyl</synonym>
    <synonym>AUS-131(S)-equol</synonym>
    <synonym>(-)-(S)-Equol</synonym>
    <synonym>(-)-Equol</synonym>
    <synonym>(S)-(-)-4',7-Isoflavandiol</synonym>
    <synonym>(S)-3,4-dihydro-3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-7-ol</synonym>
    <synonym>(S)-Equol</synonym>
    <synonym>4',7-Dihydroxyisoflavan</synonym>
    <synonym>4',7-Isoflavandiol</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C15H14O3</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>242.2699</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>242.094294314</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>(3S)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran-7-ol</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>(-)-equol</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>531-95-3</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>OC1=CC=C(C=C1)[C@H]1COC2=CC(O)=CC=C2C1</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/C15H14O3/c16-13-4-1-10(2-5-13)12-7-11-3-6-14(17)8-15(11)18-9-12/h1-6,8,12,16-17H,7,9H2/t12-/m1/s1</inchi>
  <inchikey>ADFCQWZHKCXPAJ-GFCCVEGCSA-N</inchikey>
  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as isoflavanols. These are polycyclic compounds containing a hydroxylated isoflavan skeleton.</description>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Phenylpropanoids and polyketides</super_class>
    <class>Isoflavonoids</class>
    <sub_class>Isoflavans</sub_class>
    <direct_parent>Isoflavanols</direct_parent>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>1-benzopyrans</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>1-hydroxy-2-unsubstituted benzenoids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Alkyl aryl ethers</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Benzene and substituted derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydroxyisoflavonoids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Oxacyclic compounds</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>1-benzopyran</substituent>
      <substituent>1-hydroxy-2-unsubstituted benzenoid</substituent>
      <substituent>Alkyl aryl ether</substituent>
      <substituent>Aromatic heteropolycyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Benzenoid</substituent>
      <substituent>Benzopyran</substituent>
      <substituent>Chromane</substituent>
      <substituent>Ether</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydroxyisoflavonoid</substituent>
      <substituent>Isoflavanol</substituent>
      <substituent>Monocyclic benzene moiety</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organoheterocyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Oxacycle</substituent>
      <substituent>Phenol</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <molecular_framework>Aromatic heteropolycyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
    <external_descriptors>
      <external_descriptor>Isoflavanes</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>hydroxyisoflavans</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>isoflavans</external_descriptor>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
  <experimental_properties>
    <state>Solid</state>
  </experimental_properties>
  <predicted_properties>
    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>2.91</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logs</kind>
      <value>-3.74</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>3.19</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>pka_strongest_acidic</kind>
      <value>9.63</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>pka_strongest_basic</kind>
      <value>-4.9</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>iupac</kind>
      <value>(3S)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran-7-ol</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>average_mass</kind>
      <value>242.2699</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>mono_mass</kind>
      <value>242.094294314</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>smiles</kind>
      <value>OC1=CC=C(C=C1)[C@H]1COC2=CC(O)=CC=C2C1</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>formula</kind>
      <value>C15H14O3</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>inchi</kind>
      <value>InChI=1S/C15H14O3/c16-13-4-1-10(2-5-13)12-7-11-3-6-14(17)8-15(11)18-9-12/h1-6,8,12,16-17H,7,9H2/t12-/m1/s1</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>inchikey</kind>
      <value>ADFCQWZHKCXPAJ-GFCCVEGCSA-N</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
      <value>49.69</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>refractivity</kind>
      <value>68.96</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>polarizability</kind>
      <value>25.81</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
      <value>1</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
      <value>3</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>donor_count</kind>
      <value>2</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
      <value>0</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>formal_charge</kind>
      <value>0</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>number_of_rings</kind>
      <value>3</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>bioavailability</kind>
      <value>1</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>rule_of_five</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>ghose_filter</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>veber_rule</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>mddr_like_rule</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
  </predicted_properties>
  <pathways>
  </pathways>
  <spectra>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>11314</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>38318</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>152511</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>102969</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>102970</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>102971</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>168879</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>168880</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>168881</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2260369</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2260370</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2260371</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>3077913</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>3077914</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>3077915</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
  </spectra>
  <normal_concentrations>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>0.0206 - 0.124</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Raw milk</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Antignac JP, Cariou R, Le Bizec B, Cravedi JP, Andre F: Identification of phytoestrogens in bovine milk using liquid chromatography/electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2003;17(12):1256-64. doi: 10.1002/rcm.1052.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>12811748</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>0.194 +/- 0.0144</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Commercial, homogenized fresh full cream (n=5)</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Shin Tsen, Jinyi Siew, Eunice Lau, Farzana A qah Bte Roslee, Hui Chan, Wai Loke  Cow’s milk as a dietary source of equol and phenolic antioxidants: di erential distribution in the milk aqueous and lipid fractions. Dairy Sci. &amp; Technol. (2014) 94:625–632. DOI 10.1007/s13594-014-0183-4</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>0.0778 +/- 0.0103</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Commercial, homogenized, fresh low fat (n=4)</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Shin Tsen, Jinyi Siew, Eunice Lau, Farzana A qah Bte Roslee, Hui Chan, Wai Loke  Cow’s milk as a dietary source of equol and phenolic antioxidants: di erential distribution in the milk aqueous and lipid fractions. Dairy Sci. &amp; Technol. (2014) 94:625–632. DOI 10.1007/s13594-014-0183-4</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>0.00516 +/- 0.00347</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Commercial, homogenized, fresh non-fat milk</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Shin Tsen, Jinyi Siew, Eunice Lau, Farzana A qah Bte Roslee, Hui Chan, Wai Loke  Cow’s milk as a dietary source of equol and phenolic antioxidants: di erential distribution in the milk aqueous and lipid fractions. Dairy Sci. &amp; Technol. (2014) 94:625–632. DOI 10.1007/s13594-014-0183-4</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>0.00239 +/- 8.255e-05</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Whole milk</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Shin Tsen, Jinyi Siew, Eunice Lau, Farzana A qah Bte Roslee, Hui Chan, Wai Loke  Cow’s milk as a dietary source of equol and phenolic antioxidants: di erential distribution in the milk aqueous and lipid fractions. Dairy Sci. &amp; Technol. (2014) 94:625–632. DOI 10.1007/s13594-014-0183-4</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id/>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>0.186 - 1.209</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Raw milk. Range in australian herds</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>King RA, Mano MM, Head RJ: Assessment of isoflavonoid concentrations in Australian bovine milk samples. J Dairy Res. 1998 Aug;65(3):479-89.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>9718497</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>0.256</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Pasteurized skim milk</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Hoikkala A, Mustonen E, Saastamoinen I, Jokela T, Taponen J, Saloniemi H, Wahala K: High levels of equol in organic skimmed Finnish cow milk. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2007 Jul;51(7):782-6. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.200600222.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>17576638</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>1.696</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Pasteurized organic milk</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Hoikkala A, Mustonen E, Saastamoinen I, Jokela T, Taponen J, Saloniemi H, Wahala K: High levels of equol in organic skimmed Finnish cow milk. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2007 Jul;51(7):782-6. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.200600222.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>17576638</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>1125.604</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Raw milk. Diet: red clover, concentrate supplement</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Steinshamn H, Purup S, Thuen E, Hansen-Moller J: Effects of clover-grass silages and concentrate supplementation on the content of phytoestrogens in dairy cow milk. J Dairy Sci. 2008 Jul;91(7):2715-25. doi: 10.3168/jds.2007-0857.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>18565930</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>1502.456</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Raw milk. Diet: red clover, no concentrate supplement</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Steinshamn H, Purup S, Thuen E, Hansen-Moller J: Effects of clover-grass silages and concentrate supplementation on the content of phytoestrogens in dairy cow milk. J Dairy Sci. 2008 Jul;91(7):2715-25. doi: 10.3168/jds.2007-0857.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>18565930</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>214.637</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Raw milk. Diet: white clover, concentrate supplement</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Steinshamn H, Purup S, Thuen E, Hansen-Moller J: Effects of clover-grass silages and concentrate supplementation on the content of phytoestrogens in dairy cow milk. J Dairy Sci. 2008 Jul;91(7):2715-25. doi: 10.3168/jds.2007-0857.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>18565930</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>400.793</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Raw milk. Diet: white clover, no concentrate supplement</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Steinshamn H, Purup S, Thuen E, Hansen-Moller J: Effects of clover-grass silages and concentrate supplementation on the content of phytoestrogens in dairy cow milk. J Dairy Sci. 2008 Jul;91(7):2715-25. doi: 10.3168/jds.2007-0857.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>18565930</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value>0.237 - 4.140</concentration_value>
      <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
      <comment>Raw milk, range from both high equol and low equol milk - high = diet of mainly red clover</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Nielsen TS, Norgaard JV, Purup S, Frette XC, Bonefeld-Jorgensen EC: Estrogenic activity of bovine milk high or low in equol using immature mouse uterotrophic responses and an estrogen receptor transactivation assay. Cancer Epidemiol. 2009 Jul;33(1):61-8. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.04.003. Epub 2009 May 31.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>19679050</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
  </normal_concentrations>
  <kegg_id>C14131</kegg_id>
  <foodb_id>FDB021824</foodb_id>
  <drugbank_id>DB11674</drugbank_id>
  <chemspider_id>82594</chemspider_id>
  <pubchem_compound_id>91469</pubchem_compound_id>
  <pdbe_id/>
  <chebi_id>428126</chebi_id>
  <knapsack_id>C00009707</knapsack_id>
  <phenol_explorer_compound_id/>
  <meta_cyc_id/>
  <bigg_id/>
  <wikipedia_id>Equol</wikipedia_id>
  <metlin_id/>
  <synthesis_reference>Wang, Xiu-Ling; Hur, Hor-Gil; Lee, Je Hyeon; Kim, Ki Tae; Kim, Su-Il. Enantioselective synthesis of S-equol from dihydrodaidzein by a newly isolated anaerobic human intestinal bacterium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2005), 71(1), 214-219 </synthesis_reference>
  <general_references>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>King RA, Mano MM, Head RJ: Assessment of isoflavonoid concentrations in Australian bovine milk samples. J Dairy Res. 1998 Aug;65(3):479-89.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>9718497</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Antignac JP, Cariou R, Le Bizec B, Cravedi JP, Andre F: Identification of phytoestrogens in bovine milk using liquid chromatography/electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2003;17(12):1256-64. doi: 10.1002/rcm.1052.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>12811748</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Hoikkala A, Mustonen E, Saastamoinen I, Jokela T, Taponen J, Saloniemi H, Wahala K: High levels of equol in organic skimmed Finnish cow milk. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2007 Jul;51(7):782-6. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.200600222.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>17576638</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Steinshamn H, Purup S, Thuen E, Hansen-Moller J: Effects of clover-grass silages and concentrate supplementation on the content of phytoestrogens in dairy cow milk. J Dairy Sci. 2008 Jul;91(7):2715-25. doi: 10.3168/jds.2007-0857.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>18565930</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Nielsen TS, Norgaard JV, Purup S, Frette XC, Bonefeld-Jorgensen EC: Estrogenic activity of bovine milk high or low in equol using immature mouse uterotrophic responses and an estrogen receptor transactivation assay. Cancer Epidemiol. 2009 Jul;33(1):61-8. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.04.003. Epub 2009 May 31.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>19679050</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Shin Tsen, Jinyi Siew, Eunice Lau, Farzana A qah Bte Roslee, Hui Chan, Wai Loke  Cow’s milk as a dietary source of equol and phenolic antioxidants: di erential distribution in the milk aqueous and lipid fractions. Dairy Sci. &amp; Technol. (2014) 94:625–632. DOI 10.1007/s13594-014-0183-4</reference_text>
    </reference>
  </general_references>
  <protein_associations>
  </protein_associations>
</metabolite>
