7-methylxanthine is an oxopurine that is xanthine in which the hydrogen attached to the nitrogen at position 7 is replaced by a methyl group.
Definition
7-methylxanthine is an oxopurine that is xanthine in which the hydrogen attached to the nitrogen at position 7 is replaced by a methyl group. It is an intermediate metabolite in the synthesis of caffeine. It has a role as a mouse metabolite, a plant metabolite and a human xenobiotic metabolite. It is an oxopurine and a purine alkaloid. It is functionally related to a 7H-xanthine.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII E9M81NJM6G · registered name 7-METHYLXANTHINE · single chemical substance
Methyl Xanthine is the heterocyclic compound
Cosmetic roles
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name メチルキサンチン: 本品は、次の化学式で表される複素環式化合物である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 552-62-5
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 209-019-0
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID60203696
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID90126187
- IUPAC
- 7-Methyl-3,7-dihydro-1H-purine-2,6-dione
- Molecular formula
- C6H6N4O2
- Molecular weight
- 166.14 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Solid
- Melting point
- > 300 °C
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
What products actually use it for
What the 1 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- No specific technical function1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
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- Two separate mechanisms for ligand-independent activation of the estrogen receptor. · 1997
Linked databases 16
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem 2
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata
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