Citric Acid

Citric Acid

SCHEMBL571078

C[N+](C)(C)CCO.O=C([O-])CC(O)(CC(=O)O)C(=O)O

nearest known ligand 0.50

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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 20)

geneUniProtsupporting neighboursconfidence
MEN1 known ✓ O00255 2/20 0.39
ALDH1A1 P00352 2/20 0.50
LMNA P02545 3/20 0.39
KMT2A Q03164 2/20 0.39
CYP3A4 P08684 1/20 0.39
SLC5A7 Q9GZV3 1/20 0.39
CA4 P22748 1/20 0.38
KDM4E B2RXH2 2/20 0.33
TSHR P16473 2/20 0.33
MAPT P10636 1/20 0.33
ALOX15 P16050 1/20 0.33
HMGCR P04035 1/20 0.32
CHRM1 P11229 1/20 0.32
TBXA2R P21731 1/20 0.32
ADRA1A P35348 1/20 0.32
CYP2D6 P10635 2/20 0.32
CYP1A2 P05177 1/20 0.32
SLC13A5 Q86YT5 2/20 0.32
CYP2C19 P33261 1/20 0.31
HIF1A Q16665 1/20 0.31

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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 SCHEMBL28033613 0.98 ALDH1A1 (0.48) ALDH1A1LMNAMEN1KMT2ACYP3A4
Citric Acid SCHEMBL15993929 0.95 ALDH1A1 (0.46) ALDH1A1LMNAMEN1KMT2ACYP3A4
Citric Acid SCHEMBL30979602 0.93 MEN1 (0.41) ALDH1A1LMNAMEN1KMT2ACYP3A4
Citric Acid SCHEMBL20456923 0.91 ALDH1A1 (0.60) ALDH1A1LMNAMEN1KMT2ACYP3A4
Citric Acid SCHEMBL2345400 0.91 ALDH1A1 (0.60) ALDH1A1LMNAMEN1KMT2ACYP3A4
Citric Acid SCHEMBL15993893 0.91 ALDH1A1 (0.42) ALDH1A1LMNAMEN1KMT2ACYP3A4
Citric Acid SCHEMBL2345397 0.90 CA4 (0.52) ALDH1A1LMNAMEN1KMT2ACYP3A4
Citric Acid SCHEMBL5324670 0.90 ALDH1A1 (0.58) ALDH1A1LMNAMEN1KMT2ACYP3A4
Citric Acid SCHEMBL15323421 0.90 ALDH1A1 (0.58) ALDH1A1LMNAMEN1KMT2ACYP3A4
Citric Acid SCHEMBL22443181 0.90 ALDH1A1 (0.58) ALDH1A1LMNAMEN1KMT2ACYP3A4

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

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
US-12551441-B2 Water soluble silicon-containing granulate BIO MINERALS NV (BE) 2026-02-17 US claimed
EP-4614632-A1 DEEP EUTECTIC SOLVENTS-BASED ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS BeFC (FR) 2025-09-10 EP claimed
WO-2025088479-A1 PROCESS FOR RECYCLING LITHIUM BATTERIES UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA (IT) 2025-05-01 WO claimed
US-20250073175-A1 Intra-Dosage Form Coatings and Applications Thereof BALCHEM CORPORATION 2025-03-06 US claimed
CN-119529137-A Natural rubber solidification system, natural rubber, and preparation method and application thereof 中国化工集团曙光橡胶工业研究设计院有限公司 2025-02-28 CN claimed
EP-4489731-A2 INTRA-DOSAGE FORM COATINGS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Balchem Corporation (US) 2025-01-15 EP claimed
CN-119285754-A Method for extracting collagen from fish skin 浙江工商大学 2025-01-10 CN claimed
US-12171224-B2 Choline salt and ammonium-free adjuvants for water conditioning and agricultural formulations SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE (FR) 2024-12-24 US claimed
CN-119157034-A Planting method for preventing and controlling rice blast 黑龙江省农业科学院佳木斯分院 2024-12-20 CN claimed
US-20240408130-A1 Combination of Silicon and Magnesium for the Prevention and Treatment of Muscle Cramps BIO MINERALS N.V. (BE) 2024-12-12 US claimed
WO-1992013468-A1 NOVEL CHOLINE-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS AS SALT SUBSTITUTES AND ENHANCERS AND METHOD OF PREPARATION INTERNEURON PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED (US) 1992-08-20 WO claimed
EP-0389667-A2 Use of lecithin to restore olfaction and taste PHARMACAPS, INC. (US) 1990-10-03 EP claimed
US-4948589-A CHOLINE COATED WITH HYDROPHOBIC FILM FOR DELAYED DISSOLVING SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (JP) 1990-08-14 US claimed
US-4917685-A POROUS MEMBRANE CONFINING ACTIVE MATERIALS AND STABILIZERS INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEM. CORP. 1990-04-17 US claimed
US-4816568-A AMINO ACIDS, POLYPEPTIDES, CHOLINE SALTS INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICAL CORP. (US) 1989-03-28 US claimed
EP-0303746-A1 Stabilization of growth promoting hormones Mallinckrodt Group Inc. (US) 1989-02-22 EP claimed
EP-0019054-B1 NUTRIENT MEDIUM AND ITS USE IN TESTING ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE & CO. Aktiengesellschaft (CH) 1982-05-05 EP claimed
US-4309205-A APPLYING AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF CHOLINE SALT TO IMPROVE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF FLOWERS OR FRUIT THE STATE OF ISRAEL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (IL) 1982-01-05 US claimed
US-4275154-A Nutrient medium HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (US) 1981-06-23 US claimed
EP-0019054-A1 Nutrient medium and its use in testing antimicrobial agents F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE & CO. Aktiengesellschaft (CH) 1980-11-26 EP 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 (2 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-12171224-B2 Choline salt and ammonium-free adjuvants for water conditioning and agricultural formulations ACHE, PHOSPHO1, CHAT MEN1 2734/4885ALDH1A1 4587/4885LMNA 3927/4885
US-12551441-B2 Water soluble silicon-containing granulate SI, GIPR, VIP MEN1 2488/4885ALDH1A1 3151/4885LMNA 1265/4885

“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.