Malic Acid

Malic Acid

SCHEMBL95332

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nearest known ligand 0.62

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Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism

CACNA1CCACNA1DCACNA1FCACNA1SCSF1RDRD2FLT1FLT3FLT4HTR1BHTR1DHTR1FKDRKITMETOPRD1OPRK1OPRM1PDGFRAPDGFRBRET

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

Predicted protein targets (top 14)

geneUniProtsupporting neighboursconfidence
CA4 P22748 2/20 0.62
SMN1; SMN2 Q16637 1/20 0.57
SLC22A6 Q4U2R8 1/20 0.48
GABRR1 P24046 2/20 0.40
LMNA P02545 1/20 0.40
TDP1 Q9NUW8 1/20 0.39
MAPT P10636 1/20 0.36
LDHA P00338 1/20 0.35
SRR Q9GZT4 1/20 0.35
TET2 Q6N021 3/20 0.35
KDM4A O75164 2/20 0.35
KDM4C Q9H3R0 2/20 0.35
KDM2A Q9Y2K7 2/20 0.35
TET3 O43151 1/20 0.35

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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
Malic Acid SCHEMBL11502488 0.97 CA4 (0.59) CA4SMN1; SMN2SLC22A6GABRR1LMNA
Malic Acid SCHEMBL11134436 0.95 CA4 (0.61) CA4SMN1; SMN2SLC22A6GABRR1LMNA
Malic Acid SCHEMBL27658443 0.94 CA4 (0.62) CA4SMN1; SMN2SLC22A6GABRR1LMNA
Malic Acid SCHEMBL516358 0.94 CA4 (0.67) CA4SMN1; SMN2SLC22A6GABRR1LMNA
Malic Acid SCHEMBL27637558 0.94 CA4 (0.62) CA4SMN1; SMN2SLC22A6GABRR1LMNA
Malic Acid SCHEMBL27637566 0.94 CA4 (0.62) CA4SMN1; SMN2SLC22A6GABRR1LMNA
Malic Acid SCHEMBL714315 0.92 CA4 (0.59) CA4SMN1; SMN2SLC22A6GABRR1LMNA
Malic Acid SCHEMBL11599876 0.92 CA4 (0.64) CA4SMN1; SMN2SLC22A6GABRR1LMNA
Malic Acid SCHEMBL714314 0.92 CA4 (0.59) CA4SMN1; SMN2SLC22A6GABRR1LMNA
Malic Acid SCHEMBL27317233 0.92 CA4 (0.59) CA4SMN1; SMN2SLC22A6GABRR1LMNA

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

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
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
WO-2024216362-A1 FLAVOR MODULATION WITH MALATE SALTS AND FOOD-SAFE ACIDS BARTEK INGREDIENTS, INC. (CA) 2024-10-24 WO claimed
US-20240315956-A1 METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF THE COMPOSITION OF CYCLOOXYGENASE-2 (COX-2) INHIBITORS US Nano Food & Drug INC 2024-09-26 US claimed
CN-118064905-A Electrolyte modification and electrolyte for prolonging service life of alkaline electrolyzed seawater electrode and application 中国科学院大连化学物理研究所 2024-05-24 CN claimed
EP-4366732-A1 METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF THE COMPOSITION OF CYCLOOXYGENASE-2 (COX-2) INHIBITORS US Nano Food & Drug Inc (US) 2024-05-15 EP claimed
EP-4355107-A1 MALATE SALTS AS PH-STABILIZING AGENTS FOR HIGH-METHOXYL PECTIN-BASED GUMMY COMPOSITIONS Bartek Ingredients Inc (CA) 2024-04-24 EP claimed
CN-117813089-A Process for producing cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor composition 美国纳米食品药品公司 2024-04-02 CN claimed
WO-2023191907-A1 LONG-TERM FIRE RETARDANT WITH CORROSION INHIBITORS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME FRS GROUP, LLC (US) 2023-10-05 WO claimed
US-20230248033-A1 FLAVOR MODULATION WITH MALATE SALTS AND FOOD-SAFE ACIDS BARTEK INGREDIENTS, INC. (CA) 2023-08-10 US claimed
CN-101195759-B Technique for producing Chinese tallow tree stillingia oil biological diesel oil with solid base catalyst catalysis UNIV GUIZHOU 2011-07-20 CN claimed
CN-101480387-A Aceclofenac pharmaceutical composition WENJU WANG (CN) 2009-07-15 CN claimed
CN-101410021-A Partially neutralized polycarboxylic acids for acid-sanding PURAC BIOCHEM BV (NL) 2009-04-15 CN claimed
US-20080260948-A1 INK AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA (JP) 2008-10-23 US claimed
CN-101195759-A Technique for producing Chinese tallow tree stillingia oil biological diesel oil with solid base catalyst katalysis UNIV GUIZHOU (CN) 2008-06-11 CN claimed
CN-100390251-C Preparation of curcas biological diesel oil by solid phase catalytic method UNIV GUIZHOU (CN) 2008-05-28 CN claimed
CN-1824735-A Preparation of curcas biological diesel oil by solid phase catalytic method UNIV GUIZHOU (CN) 2006-08-30 CN claimed
CN-1777415-A Medicinal composition containing edible acid or its acid salt and its use XIAO XINGREN (CN) 2006-05-24 CN claimed
US-20020061563-A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING INTERFERING SUBSTANCES FROM A URINE SAMPLE USING AN OXIDIZING AGENT SPECTRUM LABORATORIES 2002-05-23 US claimed
US-4124636-A CRYSTALLIZATION FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF L-MALIC ACID AND POTASSIUM ION TANABE SEIYAKU CO., LTD. (JP) 1978-11-07 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 (1 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-20260014404-A1 LONG-TERM FIRE RETARDANT WITH CORROSION INHIBITORS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME SLC6A12, SLC11A2, KCNN1 CA4 443/4885SMN1; SMN2 2997/4885SLC22A6 274/4885

“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.