4-Methoxysalicylic Acid

4-Methoxysalicylic Acid

SCHEMBL154118

COc1ccc(C(=O)[O-])c(O)c1.[K+]

nearest known ligand 0.70

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Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism

AGTR1DHFRGABBR1GABBR2GABRA1GABRA2GABRA3GABRA4GABRA5GABRA6GABRB1GABRB2GABRB3GABRDGABREGABRG1GABRG2GABRG3GABRPGABRQGARTNR3C2PBP2XPTGS1PTGS2VKORC1blablaT-3blaT-4blaT-5blaT-6dacAdacBdacCfolAftsImrcAmrcBmrdApbp1apbp1bpbp2apbp2bpbp3polthyA

The experimentally established mechanism targets of 4-Methoxysalicylic Acid. The predicted profile below is derived independently by chemical similarity — agreement is a validation signal, a miss is honest.

Predicted protein targets (top 20)

geneUniProtsupporting neighboursconfidence
NPC1 O15118 4/20 0.70
RAB9A P51151 4/20 0.70
HPGD P15428 3/20 0.68
CYP3A4 P08684 3/20 0.68
MAPK1 P28482 3/20 0.68
ALDH1A1 P00352 3/20 0.68
LMNA P02545 4/20 0.60
CYP2C19 P33261 3/20 0.60
CYP1A2 P05177 2/20 0.60
PGR P06401 2/20 0.60
SLC6A2 P23975 2/20 0.60
ADORA3 P0DMS8 1/20 0.60
AR P10275 1/20 0.60
CHRM1 P11229 1/20 0.60
ALOX15 P16050 1/20 0.60
TBXA2R P21731 1/20 0.60
ADRA1A P35348 1/20 0.60
HIF1A Q16665 1/20 0.60
CYP2D6 P10635 1/20 0.58
PDE4A P27815 1/20 0.58

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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
4-Methoxysalicylic Acid SCHEMBL9277153 0.96 NPC1 (0.70) NPC1RAB9AHPGDCYP3A4MAPK1
4-Methoxysalicylic Acid SCHEMBL25265671 0.83 NPC1 (0.54) NPC1RAB9AHPGDCYP3A4MAPK1
Zinc Ion SCHEMBL8653775 0.82 NPC1 (0.53) NPC1RAB9AHPGDCYP3A4MAPK1
Zinc Ion SCHEMBL26935 0.82 NPC1 (0.53) NPC1RAB9AHPGDCYP3A4MAPK1
SCHEMBL38652 0.82 NPC1 (1.00) NPC1RAB9AHPGDCYP3A4MAPK1
SCHEMBL1514997 0.82 NPC1 (1.00) NPC1RAB9AHPGDCYP3A4MAPK1
SCHEMBL29365072 0.82 NPC1 (1.00) NPC1RAB9AHPGDCYP3A4MAPK1
SCHEMBL192019 0.81 NPC1 (0.55) NPC1RAB9AHPGDCYP3A4MAPK1
SCHEMBL29918279 0.81 NPC1 (0.55) NPC1RAB9AHPGDCYP3A4MAPK1
SCHEMBL10453973 0.81 NPC1 (0.96) NPC1RAB9AHPGDCYP3A4MAPK1

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

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
CN-122079764-A Method for synthesizing 4-methoxy potassium salicylate based on supermolecule assisted methylation 2026-05-26 CN claimed
US-12551418-B2 Cosmetic containing ultraviolet wavelength converting substance and medicinal agent SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD. (JP) 2026-02-17 US claimed
CN-118512365-B Composition with whitening effect and application of composition in cosmetics 广东雅丽洁精细化工有限公司 2025-04-22 CN claimed
CN-119830923-A Large model dialogue system for heart physiotherapy 西湖心辰(杭州)科技有限公司 2025-04-15 CN claimed
CN-119693999-A Human body posture video evaluation method based on space-time diagram convolutional network 长春大学 2025-03-25 CN claimed
US-20250053686-A1 ANONYMITY ALGORITHM-BASED DATA SHARING PRIVACY PROTECTION METHOD INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION, CHINESE ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (CN) 2025-02-13 US claimed
CN-118568010-B Cache data processing method, device, equipment, storage medium and program product 中移动信息技术有限公司 2024-10-29 CN claimed
WO-2024219260-A1 BEAUTY TREATMENT METHOD, METHOD FOR PROMOTING PERCUTANEOUS PENETRATION, AND BEAUTY TREATMENT KIT 株式会社 資生堂 2024-10-24 WO claimed
CN-114599333-B Method for using ultra-fine bubbles 株式会社资生堂 2024-09-10 CN claimed
CN-118512365-A Composition with whitening effect and application of composition in cosmetics 广东雅丽洁精细化工有限公司 2024-08-20 CN claimed
CN-103717197-B Water-in-oil-type skin-whitening cosmetic SHISEIDO CO LTD 2015-04-01 CN claimed
CN-104370737-A Synthesis and preparation method of 4-methoxyl potassium salicylate WANG YONGQUAN 2015-02-25 CN claimed
US-8821905-B2 Oil-in-water emulsified composition SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD. (JP) 2014-09-02 US claimed
US-20140186281-A1 WATER-IN-OIL-TYPE SKIN-WHITENING COSMETIC SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD. (JP) 2014-07-03 US claimed
EP-2742929-A1 WATER-IN-OIL-TYPE SKIN-WHITENING COSMETIC Shiseido Company, Ltd. (JP) 2014-06-18 EP claimed
CN-103822976-A Method for measuring 4-potassium methoxysalicylate in cosmetics LIAONING PROVINCE INST FOR FOOD AND DRUG CONTROL 2014-05-28 CN claimed
US-20130189335-A1 Oil-in-Water Emulsified Composition SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD. (JP) 2013-07-25 US claimed
US-8426435-B2 Method for inhibiting melanin production and whitening skin with pyrimidlypyrazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof SHISEIDO COMPANY LTD. (JP) 2013-04-23 US claimed
US-20130045173-A1 Method For Inhibiting Melanin Production And Whitening Skin With Pyrimidlypyrazole Compounds Or Pharmaceutically Acceptable Salts Thereof SHISEDIO COMPANY LTD. (JP) 2013-02-21 US claimed
US-20130028950-A1 Vesicle-Containing Composition SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD. (JP) 2013-01-31 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 (4 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-20140186281-A1 WATER-IN-OIL-TYPE SKIN-WHITENING COSMETIC ALOX15, ALOX12, ALOX15B NPC1 3161/4885RAB9A 4489/4885HPGD 1081/4885
US-12551418-B2 Cosmetic containing ultraviolet wavelength converting substance and medicinal agent GLA, PGA5, AGER NPC1 4040/4885RAB9A 4824/4885HPGD 132/4885
US-20130028950-A1 Vesicle-Containing Composition VAPB, PHOSPHO1, CHMP4B NPC1 1709/4885RAB9A 957/4885HPGD 4822/4885
US-20130045173-A1 Method For Inhibiting Melanin Production And Whitening Skin With Pyrimidlypyrazole Compounds Or Pharmaceutically Acceptable Salts Thereof TYR, MC1R, TH NPC1 3134/4885RAB9A 1668/4885HPGD 693/4885

“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.