Carnitine

Carnitine

SCHEMBL867251

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

nearest known ligand 0.87

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Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism

ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRB2AGTR1AVPR1AAVPR1BAVPR2BDKRB2CALCRCHRNA3CHRNB4ESR1ESR2GHSRGNRHRGSC1HSPA8MALT1MC1RMC4RNOS1NOS2NOS3OPRK1OXTRRAMP1RAMP2RAMP3SCN5ASSTR1SSTR2SSTR3SSTR4SSTR5dacAdacBdacCfolPftsImrcAmrcBmrdArplArplBrplCrplDrplErplFrplJrplKrplLrplMrplNrplOrplPrplQrplRrplSrplTrplUrplVrplWrplXrplYrpmArpmBrpmCrpmDrpmErpmFrpmGrpmHrpmIrpmJrpsArpsBrpsCrpsDrpsErpsFrpsGrpsHrpsIrpsJrpsKrpsLrpsMrpsNrpsOrpsPrpsQrpsRrpsSrpsTrpsUykgMykgO

The experimentally established mechanism targets of Carnitine. 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
SLC22A16 Q86VW1 1/20 0.87
MAPT P10636 2/20 0.59
CPT2 P23786 2/20 0.55
CPT1A P50416 2/20 0.55
MEN1 O00255 3/20 0.53
KMT2A Q03164 3/20 0.53
CYP1A2 P05177 1/20 0.53
HRH1 P35367 1/20 0.53
CRAT P43155 1/20 0.53
CYP2C19 P33261 2/20 0.46
RECQL P46063 1/20 0.46
LMNA P02545 1/20 0.40
SMN1; SMN2 Q16637 1/20 0.40
CA2 P00918 1/20 0.39
CA4 P22748 1/20 0.39
SLC25A20 O43772 3/20 0.39
TP53 P04637 2/20 0.39
CYP2D6 P10635 2/20 0.39
TSHR P16473 2/20 0.39
CPT1B Q92523 1/20 0.39

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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
Levocarnitine SCHEMBL7607823 1.00 SLC22A16 (0.87) SLC22A16MAPTCPT2CPT1AMEN1
Carnitine SCHEMBL28744379 0.98 SLC22A16 (0.83) SLC22A16MAPTCPT2CPT1AMEN1
Carnitine SCHEMBL29036059 0.93 SLC22A16 (0.91) SLC22A16MAPTCPT2CPT1AMEN1
Carnitine SCHEMBL1813524 0.93 SLC22A16 (1.00) SLC22A16MAPTCPT2CPT1AMEN1
Carnitine SCHEMBL21971 0.93 SLC22A16 (1.00) SLC22A16MAPTCPT2CPT1AMEN1
Levocarnitine SCHEMBL21970 0.93 SLC22A16 (1.00) SLC22A16MAPTCPT2CPT1AMEN1
D-Carnitine SCHEMBL94286 0.93 SLC22A16 (1.00) SLC22A16MAPTCPT2CPT1AMEN1
Carnitine SCHEMBL3902633 0.93 SLC22A16 (1.00) SLC22A16MAPTCPT2CPT1AMEN1
Carnitine SCHEMBL17629811 0.93 SLC22A16 (1.00) SLC22A16MAPTCPT2CPT1AMEN1
Levocarnitine SCHEMBL4593172 0.93 SLC22A16 (1.00) SLC22A16MAPTCPT2CPT1AMEN1

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

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
US-20150273066-A1 CONVENIENTLY IMPLANTABLE SUSTAINED RELEASE DRUG COMPOSITIONS RAMSCOR INC (US) 2015-10-01 US claimed
US-20080038316-A1 Conveniently implantable sustained release drug compositions RAMSCOR, INC. 2008-02-14 US claimed
CN-1791615-A A process for the preparation of hydroxy polymer esters and their use CIBA SC HOLDING AG (CH) 2006-06-21 CN claimed
US-20020106388-A1 Formulation of flavones and isoflavones for treatment of cellulite PUGLIESE PETER T (US) 2002-08-08 US claimed
US-12441959-B2 Composition containing organic ammonium salt MIYOSHI OIL & FAT CO., LTD. (JP) 2025-10-14 US disclosed
CN-117783352-A Method for early identifying high-quality sexual precocity stud ram population 贵州省畜牧兽医研究所 2024-03-29 CN disclosed
US-20220098515-A1 COMPOSITION CONTAINING ORGANIC AMMONIUM SALT MIYOSHI OIL & FAT CO., LTD. (JP) 2022-03-31 US disclosed
EP-3925672-A1 COMPOSITION CONTAINING ORGANIC AMMONIUM SALT Miyoshi Oil & Fat Co., Ltd. (JP) 2021-12-22 EP disclosed
CN-113423800-A Compositions comprising organic ammonium salts 三吉油脂株式会社 2021-09-21 CN disclosed
US-10744202-B2 Sustained release eye drop formulations RAMSCOR, INC. (US) 2020-08-18 US disclosed
CN-103221038-B The protective coating of acidic active component 巴斯夫欧洲公司 2019-05-07 CN disclosed
US-20180289810-A1 SUSTAINED RELEASE EYE DROP FORMULATIONS RAMSCOR, INC. (US) 2018-10-11 US disclosed
CN-101304965-A Process for producing carnitinamide MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL CO (JP) 2008-11-12 CN disclosed
EP-1930314-A1 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARNITINAMIDE MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. (JP) 2008-06-11 EP disclosed
EP-1194139-B1 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR WEIGHT MANAGEMENT IAMS COMPANY (US) 2008-02-27 EP disclosed
US-20080038316-A1 Conveniently implantable sustained release drug compositions RAMSCOR, INC. 2008-02-14 US disclosed
CN-1791615-A A process for the preparation of hydroxy polymer esters and their use CIBA SC HOLDING AG (CH) 2006-06-21 CN disclosed
US-7001618-B1 Nutritional composition for weight management THE IAMS COMPANY (US) 2006-02-21 US disclosed
EP-1194139-A1 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR WEIGHT MANAGEMENT THE IAMS COMPANY (US) 2002-04-10 EP disclosed
WO-2001003691-A1 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR WEIGHT MANAGEMENT THE IAMS COMPANY (US) 2001-01-18 WO disclosed

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-12441959-B2 Composition containing organic ammonium salt SLC6A15, SLC38A7, SLC6A19 SLC22A16 147/4885MAPT 1640/4885CPT2 2453/4885
US-20220098515-A1 COMPOSITION CONTAINING ORGANIC AMMONIUM SALT SLC6A15, SLC38A7, SLC6A19 SLC22A16 147/4885MAPT 1640/4885CPT2 2453/4885

“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.