Citric Acid

Citric Acid

SCHEMBL104390

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nearest known ligand 0.73

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Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism

ACVR1ADORA1ADORA2AADORA2BADORA3ESR1ESR2FLT3GRIN1GRIN2AGRIN2BGRIN2CGRIN2DGRIN3AGRIN3BGSC1GSK3AGSK3BHRH1HRH2HTR7IDH1IDH2IMPA1IRAK1JAK1JAK2JAK3MEN1OPRM1P2RX3PDE5ASCN10ASCN11ASCN1ASCN2ASCN3ASCN4ASCN5ASCN7ASCN8ASCN9ASIGMAR1SLC6A2SYKTACR1TOP2ATYK2

The experimentally established mechanism targets of Citric Acid. The predicted profile below is derived independently by chemical similarity — agreement is a validation signal, a miss is honest.

Predicted protein targets (top 13)

geneUniProtsupporting neighboursconfidence
CA4 P22748 1/20 0.73
ALDH1A1 P00352 1/20 0.50
HMGCR P04035 1/20 0.39
CHRM1 P11229 1/20 0.39
TBXA2R P21731 1/20 0.39
ADRA1A P35348 1/20 0.39
ACLY P53396 3/20 0.32
CYP2D6 P10635 1/20 0.32
TSHR P16473 1/20 0.32
CYP2C19 P33261 1/20 0.32
HIF1A Q16665 1/20 0.32
CPT2 P23786 1/20 0.31
SLC13A5 Q86YT5 1/20 0.30

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Similar compounds — the chemically nearest patent molecules

Nearest neighbours by Morgan-fingerprint cosine across the patent-compound collection, with each neighbour's top predicted target and the predicted targets it shares with this molecule.

Compoundsimilaritytop predictedshared targets
Citric Acid SCHEMBL104389 0.98 CA4 (0.70) CA4ALDH1A1HMGCRCHRM1TBXA2R
Citric Acid SCHEMBL11132767 0.98 CA4 (0.70) CA4ALDH1A1HMGCRCHRM1TBXA2R
Citric Acid SCHEMBL1303278 0.98 CA4 (0.77) CA4ALDH1A1HMGCRCHRM1TBXA2R
Citric Acid SCHEMBL4889866 0.98 CA4 (0.70) CA4ALDH1A1HMGCRCHRM1TBXA2R
Citric Acid SCHEMBL5471630 0.98 CA4 (0.76) CA4ALDH1A1HMGCRCHRM1TBXA2R
Citric Acid SCHEMBL11157533 0.96 CA4 (0.74) CA4ALDH1A1HMGCRCHRM1TBXA2R
Citric Acid SCHEMBL1410612 0.96 CA4 (0.67) CA4ALDH1A1HMGCRCHRM1TBXA2R
Citric Acid SCHEMBL22124529 0.96 CA4 (0.74) CA4ALDH1A1HMGCRCHRM1TBXA2R
Citric Acid SCHEMBL27950162 0.96 CA4 (0.74) CA4ALDH1A1HMGCRCHRM1TBXA2R
Citric Acid SCHEMBL10417838 0.96 CA4 (0.74) CA4ALDH1A1HMGCRCHRM1TBXA2R

Similarity is cosine over the 2,048-bit Morgan fingerprint (≈ Tanimoto). Identical fingerprints score 1.00.

Patent provenance — the patents this molecule appears in, and who filed them

Claimed or disclosed in 1798 patents — showing the first 20. claimed = in the patent's claims; disclosed = body only.

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
CN-122080107-A Method for green extraction of glycyrrhizic acid 2026-05-26 CN claimed
CN-122017257-A Detection method and detection kit for oxidized low-density lipoprotein 济南玖方生物科技有限公司 2026-05-12 CN claimed
US-20260108477-A1 CYCLOBENZAPRINE TREATMENT FOR FIBROMYALGIA TONIX PHARMA LTD (IE) 2026-04-23 US claimed
US-20260060973-A1 Ophthalmic Composition for Treating Non-Infectious Inflammatory Diseases VIVAVISION BIOTECH LTD (CN) 2026-03-05 US claimed
EP-4702973-A1 OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION FOR TREATING NON-INFECTIOUS INFLAMMATORY DISEASES Vivavision Biotech Ltd. (CN) 2026-03-04 EP claimed
EP-4702974-A1 OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION CONTAINING VVN001 Vivavision Biotech Ltd. (CN) 2026-03-04 EP claimed
US-20260014404-A1 LONG-TERM FIRE RETARDANT WITH CORROSION INHIBITORS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME PERIMETER SOLUTIONS, LP (US) 2026-01-15 US claimed
WO-2025264733-A1 LONG-TERM FIRE RETARDANT WITH CORROSION INHIBITORS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME PERIMETER SOLUTIONS, LP (US) 2025-12-26 WO claimed
US-20250322926-A1 EARLY ONSET RESPONSE, FAVORABLE TOLERABILITY, AND SIDE EFFECT PROFILE IN THE TREATMENT OF FIBROMYALGIA TONIX Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp (US) 2025-10-16 US claimed
US-20250313678-A1 FOAMABLE POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITION PROVIDING INCREASED FLEXIBILITY BOREALIS AG (AT) 2025-10-09 US claimed
EP-0726717-A1 CLEANING METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR FOOD- AND FEEDSTUFF THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (US) 1996-08-21 EP claimed
WO-1995012326-A1 CLEANING METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR FOOD- AND FEEDSTUFF THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (US) 1995-05-11 WO claimed
EP-0474040-B1 Efferescent powder component and process for its production BAYER AG (DE) 1994-04-06 EP claimed
EP-0188313-B1 ORAL HYGIENE COMPOSITIONS BEECHAM GROUP PLC (GB) 1993-07-14 EP claimed
CN-1066560-A Instant disinfectant tablet and preparation method GAO JIANSHENG (CN) 1992-12-02 CN claimed
US-5021324-A Aqueous solution of dipotassium hydroxyethylidenediphosphonate POLYCHROME CORPORATION (US) 1991-06-04 US claimed
US-4961927-A Clear solution containing lysozyme hydrochloride and dipotassium glycyrrhizinate EISAI CO., LTD. (JP) 1990-10-09 US claimed
US-4824664-A ANTIHISTAMINES LABORATOIRES SMITH KLINE & FRENCH (FR) 1989-04-25 US claimed
US-4819675-A Chemical removal of dental plaque THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (US) 1989-04-11 US claimed
US-4200586-A Inhibiting the carbon-carbon double bond isomerization of substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon compounds PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY (US) 1980-04-29 US claimed

Patent text — is the patent's own abstract consistent with the prediction?

For each of this compound's patents that has machine-readable text (3 of them — usually the abstract, not the full specification), we ask MedCPT which protein the text reads most about, and where the chemistry-predicted target lands among 4885 human targets. A high rank means the patent's own wording is consistent with the prediction — a weak, independent signal, not proof of activity.

PatentTitleText reads most aboutPredicted target · text-rank
US-20260108477-A1 CYCLOBENZAPRINE TREATMENT FOR FIBROMYALGIA FAAH, CRH, FUCA2 CA4 398/4885ALDH1A1 812/4885HMGCR 2082/4885
US-20260014404-A1 LONG-TERM FIRE RETARDANT WITH CORROSION INHIBITORS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME SLC6A12, SLC11A2, KCNN1 CA4 443/4885ALDH1A1 4616/4885HMGCR 3638/4885
US-20260060973-A1 Ophthalmic Composition for Treating Non-Infectious Inflammatory Diseases JAK1, TYK2, JAK3 CA4 3086/4885ALDH1A1 2996/4885HMGCR 4689/4885

“Text reads most about” is the patent abstract's nearest protein in MedCPT space (background-debiased). Only ~1.4% of patents have machine-readable text, so most compounds won't have this panel.