nitroglycerin

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q162867
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nitroglycerin

Summary

nitroglycerin is a type of chemical entity[1]. nitroglycerin ranks in the top 0.67% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,164 views/month, #85 of 12,596).[2]

Key Facts

  • nitroglycerin is credited with the discovery of Ascanio Sobrero[3].
  • nitroglycerin's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
  • nitroglycerin's physically interacts with is recorded as Guanylate cyclase 1 soluble subunit alpha 2[5].
  • nitroglycerin's physically interacts with is recorded as Guanylate cyclase 1 soluble subunit beta 1[6].
  • nitroglycerin's canonical SMILES is recorded as C(C(CON+[O-])ON+[O-])ON+[O-]N+[O-])ON+[O-])ON+[O-]">[7].
  • nitroglycerin's chemical formula is recorded as C₃H₅N₃O₉[8].
  • nitroglycerin is a type of nitrate ester[9].
  • nitroglycerin is part of nitroglycerin metabolic process[10].
  • nitroglycerin is part of response to nitroglycerin[11].
  • nitroglycerin is part of cellular response to nitroglycerin[12].
  • nitroglycerin is used for medication[13].
  • nitroglycerin's Commons category is recorded as Nitroglycerin[14].
  • nitroglycerin comprises nitrogen[15].
  • nitroglycerin comprises hydrogen[16].
  • nitroglycerin comprises oxygen[17].
  • nitroglycerin comprises carbon[18].
  • nitroglycerin comprises glyceryl[19].
  • nitroglycerin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1847[20].
  • nitroglycerin's significant drug interaction is recorded as riociguat[21].
  • nitroglycerin's significant drug interaction is recorded as vardenafil[22].
  • nitroglycerin's significant drug interaction is recorded as sildenafil[23].
  • nitroglycerin's significant drug interaction is recorded as tadalafil[24].
  • nitroglycerin's significant drug interaction is recorded as avanafil[25].
  • nitroglycerin's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[26].
  • nitroglycerin's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

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Works and Contributions

nitroglycerin is credited with the discovery of Ascanio Sobrero[3].

Why It Matters

nitroglycerin ranks in the top 0.67% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,164 views/month, #85 of 12,596).[2] nitroglycerin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] nitroglycerin is known by 125 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. 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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  1. 3h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect nitroglycerin exposure
    Significant drug interaction riociguat, vardenafil, sildenafil +2
    Subclass of
    Density {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+1.60'}
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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