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Glycolic acid

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5
Clinical Trials
0
Meta-Analyses
0
PubMed References
Top Conditions Studied with Glycolic acid
Melanosis 2 Melasma 2 Flat Warts|HIV 1
📋 Sample Trials
NCT01976286
A Pilot Study Testing Salicylic Acid Peels Versus Glycolic Acid Peels for the Treatment of Melasma
Active_Not_Recruiting
NCT01976273
A Pilot Study Testing 1064nm Q-switch Laser Versus Glycolic Acid Peels for the Treatment of Melasma
Completed
NCT00472966
Efficacy and Safety of Therapy With Tri-Luma® Cream in Sequence With Glycolic Acid Peels for Melasma
Completed · Phase 4
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
None linked yet.
📚 Sample References
None linked yet.
⚗️ All Ingredient data fields for Glycolic acid
⚗️ Identity
Name
Glycolic acid
Aliases / Synonyms
2-Hydroxyacetic acid; hydroxyacetic acid; 79-14-1; Hydroxyethanoic acid; Glycollic acid; Acetic acid, hydroxy-; glycolate; Polyglycolide; Acetic acid, 2-hydroxy-
🧪 Chemistry
Molecular Weight
76.0510
LogP
-0.9367
Drug-likeness
0.424
H-Bond Acceptors
2
H-Bond Donors
2
Rotatable Bonds
1
🔬 Structures
Canonical SMILES
C(C(=O)O)O
Isomeric SMILES
C(C(=O)O)O
InChIKey
AEMRFAOFKBGASW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C2H4O3/c3-1-2(4)5/h3H,1H2,(H,4,5)
🔗 External References
HERB DB
HBIN028152 ↗
PubChem CID
757 ↗
TCMID
25649; 8826
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (27 fields)
name
Glycolic acid
common names
2-Hydroxyacetic acid; hydroxyacetic acid; 79-14-1; Hydroxyethanoic acid; Glycollic acid; Acetic acid, hydroxy-; glycolate; Polyglycolide; Acetic acid, 2-hydroxy-
herb ingredient id
HBIN028152
canonical smiles
C(C(=O)O)O
isomeric smiles
C(C(=O)O)O
inchi
InChI=1S/C2H4O3/c3-1-2(4)5/h3H,1H2,(H,4,5)
inchikey
AEMRFAOFKBGASW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
mol wt
76.0510
num h acceptors
2
num h donors
2
mol logp
-0.9367
num rotatable bonds
1
drug likeness
0.424
tcmid ingredient id
25649; 8826
pubchem cid
757

🏥 Linked Health Topics

1 · diseases via target pathways
Melanosis
syndrome

📋 Clinical Trials

5 · subject of clinical study
NCT01976286 A Pilot Study Testing Salicylic Acid Peels Versus Glycolic Acid Peels for the Tr
→ Melanosis
NCT01976273 A Pilot Study Testing 1064nm Q-switch Laser Versus Glycolic Acid Peels for the T
→ Melanosis
NCT00472966 Efficacy and Safety of Therapy With Tri-Luma® Cream in Sequence With Glycolic Ac
→ Melasma
NCT01289171 Acquired Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis (EV) Syndrome in HIV-infected Pediatric
→ Flat Warts|HIV
NCT05362500 Comparison of Chemical Peeling Agent With Transamine for Treatment of Melasma
→ Melasma
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