berberine

quaternary ammonium cation
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q176525
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berberine

Summary

berberine is a type of chemical entity[1]. berberine ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (921 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • berberine's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • berberine's chemical structure is recorded as Berberin.svg[4].
  • berberine's physically interacts with is recorded as taste receptor type 2[5].
  • berberine's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 2086-83-1[6].
  • berberine's EC number is recorded as 218-229-1[7].
  • berberine's canonical SMILES is recorded as O1c2c(OC1)cc5c(c2)c4cc3ccc(OC)c(OC)c3c[n+]4CC5[8].
  • berberine's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C20H18NO4/c1-22-17-4-3-12-7-16-14-9-19-18(24-11-25-19)8-13(14)5-6-21(16)10-15(12)20(17)23-2/h3-4,7-10H,5-6,11H2,1-2H3/q+1[9].
  • berberine's InChIKey is recorded as YBHILYKTIRIUTE-UHFFFAOYSA-N[10].
  • berberine's chemical formula is recorded as C₂₀H₁₈NO₄⁺[11].
  • berberine's subclass of is recorded as quaternary ammonium cation[12].
  • berberine's part of is recorded as tetrahydroberberine oxidase activity[13].
  • berberine's part of is recorded as columbamine oxidase activity[14].
  • berberine's part of is recorded as berberine reductase activity[15].
  • berberine's Commons category is recorded as Berberine[16].
  • berberine's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D001599[17].
  • berberine's has part is recorded as nitrogen[18].
  • berberine's has part is recorded as carbon[19].
  • berberine's has part is recorded as oxygen[20].
  • berberine's has part is recorded as hydrogen[21].
  • berberine's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL12089[22].
  • berberine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027hq2p[23].
  • berberine's UNII is recorded as 0I8Y3P32UF[24].
  • berberine's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 2263[25].
  • berberine's PubChem CID is recorded as 2353[26].
  • berberine's KEGG ID is recorded as C00757[27].

Why It Matters

berberine ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (921 views/month).[2] berberine has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] berberine is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Comprehensive Analysis of Mouse Bitter Taste Receptors Reveals Different Molecular Receptive Ranges for Orthologous Receptors in Mice and Humans. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . SciFinder. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_berberine_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{berberine}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/berberine}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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