Phenylacetic Acid

Phenylacetic Acid

SCHEMBL1702338

NCCC[C@H](N)C(=O)O.O=C(O)Cc1ccccc1

nearest known ligand 0.55

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Predicted protein targets (top 20)

geneUniProtsupporting neighboursconfidence
AKR1B1 P15121 1/20 0.55
GSR P00390 1/20 0.55
PTGS1 P23219 2/20 0.51
ALPI P09923 1/20 0.51
PKM P14618 1/20 0.51
XIAP P98170 1/20 0.51
SLC7A5 Q01650 1/20 0.51
MMP2 P08253 1/20 0.48
GRIK1 P39086 1/20 0.48
POLB P06746 1/20 0.47
KMT2A Q03164 1/20 0.47
TDP1 Q9NUW8 1/20 0.47
KIF11 P52732 3/20 0.45
SLC1A3 P43003 1/20 0.45
SLC1A2 P43004 1/20 0.45
SLC1A1 P43005 1/20 0.45
ABCC4 O15439 1/20 0.44
LMNA P02545 1/20 0.44
GAA P10253 1/20 0.44
TSHR P16473 1/20 0.44

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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
Phenylacetic Acid SCHEMBL16975021 1.00 AKR1B1 (0.55) AKR1B1GSRPTGS1ALPIPKM
Lysine SCHEMBL28231846 0.95 GSR (0.62) AKR1B1GSRPTGS1ALPIPKM
Lysine SCHEMBL28268261 0.94 GSR (0.61) AKR1B1GSRPTGS1ALPIPKM
Felbinac SCHEMBL29711520 0.87 ABCC4 (0.58) AKR1B1GSRPTGS1MMP2POLB
Felbinac SCHEMBL1231150 0.87 ABCC4 (0.58) AKR1B1GSRPTGS1MMP2POLB
Dl-Phenylalanine SCHEMBL4361765 0.85 SLC7A5 (0.73) GSRPTGS1ALPIPKMXIAP
Phenylalanine SCHEMBL1537318 0.85 SLC7A5 (0.73) GSRPTGS1ALPIPKMXIAP
Phenylacetic Acid SCHEMBL7798556 0.85 PTGS1 (0.46) AKR1B1GSRPTGS1ALPIPKM
Phenaceturic Acid SCHEMBL17164600 0.84 MMP2 (0.47) GSRPTGS1ALPIPKMXIAP
Phenaceturic Acid SCHEMBL17164601 0.84 MMP2 (0.47) GSRPTGS1ALPIPKMXIAP

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

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
EP-4731232-A1 POROUS CARBON PARTICLES FOR USE IN THERAPY UCL Business Ltd (GB) 2026-04-29 EP claimed
EP-3716933-B1 WHITENING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING STABILITY OF THE SAME COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (US) 2026-01-07 EP claimed
US-12516015-B2 L-ornithine phenyl acetate and methods of making thereof AMALIVE LIMITED (GB) 2026-01-06 US claimed
US-12396675-B2 Methods of assessing hepatic encephalopathy AMALIVE LIMITED (GB) 2025-08-26 US claimed
US-20250170157-A1 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 2025-05-29 US claimed
EP-4200350-B1 POLYOL FORMULATIONS AND A METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF PUR/PIR FOAMS BASED ON THESE POLYOL FORMULATIONS COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG (DE) 2025-05-21 EP claimed
WO-2025101731-A1 SGLT1 INHIBITORS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (US) 2025-05-15 WO claimed
WO-2024261472-A1 POROUS CARBON PARTICLES FOR USE IN THERAPY YAQRIT LIMITED (GB) 2024-12-26 WO claimed
WO-2024261477-A1 COMBINATION OF TLR4 ANTAGONIST, ORNITHINE AND PHENYLACETATE OR PHENYLBUTYRATE YAQRIT LIMITED (GB) 2024-12-26 WO claimed
WO-2024256516-A1 USE OF POLYALKYLENE GLYCOLS AS ANTIFREEZE AGENTS IN AN AQUEOUS LUBRICANT COMPOSITION TOTALENERGIES ONETECH (FR) 2024-12-19 WO claimed
WO-2017053613-A1 TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF NEURONAL CELL LOSS USING L-ORNITHINE IN COMBINATION WITH AT LEAST ONE OF PHENYLACETATE AND PHENYLBUTYRATE OCERA THERAPEUTICS, INC. (US) 2017-03-30 WO claimed
US-20170056416-A1 STEROID COMPOUND FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY UMECRINE COGNITION AB (SE) 2017-03-02 US claimed
WO-2017031131-A1 TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF MUSCLE LOSS USING L-ORNITHINE IN COMBINATION WITH AT LEAST ONE OF PHENYLACETATE AND PHENYLBUTYRATE OCERA THERAPEUTICS, INC. (US) 2017-02-23 WO claimed
EP-3099306-A1 STEROID COMPOUND FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY Umecrine Cognition AB (SE) 2016-12-07 EP claimed
US-20160339040-A1 STEROID COMPOUND FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY UMECRINE COGNITION AB (SE) 2016-11-24 US claimed
US-20160338982-A1 FORMULATIONS OF L-ORNITHINE PHENYLACETATE OCERA THERAPEUTICS LLC 2016-11-24 US claimed
WO-2016172112-A1 FORMULATIONS OF L-ORNITHINE PHENYLACETATE OCERA THERAPEUTICS, INC. (US) 2016-10-27 WO claimed
WO-2016085887-A1 TREATMENT OF DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH HEPATIC STELLATE CELL ACTIVATION USING AMMONIA-LOWERING THERAPIES UCL BUSINESS PLC (GB) 2016-06-02 WO claimed
WO-2015114308-A1 STEROID COMPOUND FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY UMECRINE COGNITION AB (SE) 2015-08-06 WO claimed
CN-102421432-A L-ornithine phenylacetate and preparation method thereof OCERA THERAPEUTICS INC 2012-04-18 CN 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-20170056416-A1 STEROID COMPOUND FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY CYP11B2, CYP11B1, HSD17B2 AKR1B1 89/4885GSR 507/4885PTGS1 75/4885
US-20160338982-A1 FORMULATIONS OF L-ORNITHINE PHENYLACETATE OAT, OTC, ODC1 AKR1B1 199/4885GSR 1899/4885PTGS1 1718/4885
US-20160339040-A1 STEROID COMPOUND FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY CYP11B2, CYP11B1, HSD17B2 AKR1B1 89/4885GSR 507/4885PTGS1 75/4885
US-20250170157-A1 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY OAT, GYS2, OTC AKR1B1 758/4885GSR 175/4885PTGS1 846/4885

“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.