Component
3,4-O-Isopropylidene shikimic acid / ISA
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
Enzymes, hormones, genes, and other components with a recorded effect. These are not nutrients, so they do not count toward the arrows above. Each finding names the chapter that recorded it.
How nutrients reach it in more than one step
Chains of two or more recorded steps that end here, grouped by the nutrient they start from. Each step is a separate finding, so a chain is a route a mechanism could take, not proof that it does.
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
The isopropylidene-shikimic-acid record is a distinct-compound or preparation comparison; its biological effects are not assigned to isolated shikimic acid.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_access
- Primary indexed abstract reviewed; full results, tables and supplements not independently extracted.
- experimental_model
- Editorial identity/scope connection, not experimental causation.
- interpretation_status
- Source-derived extraction of a fact-checked reference; access is explicit, not independent raw-data verification.
- limitations
- Unsigned navigation, not a human metabolic conversion or automatic ingredient attribution.
- plain_language
- The isopropylidene-shikimic-acid record is a distinct-compound or preparation comparison; its biological effects are not assigned to isolated shikimic acid.
- primary_references
- Anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antioxidant activities of 3,4-oxo-isopropylidene-shikimic acid. | 2016 | DOI 10.3109/13880209.2016.1153663 | PMID 27609150 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27609150/ | https://doi.org/10.3109/13880209.2016.1153663
- primary_references
- Anti-platelet and anti-thrombotic effects of triacetylshikimic acid in rats. | 2002 | DOI 10.1097/00005344-200202000-00013 | PMID 11791012 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11791012/ | https://doi.org/10.1097/00005344-200202000-00013
- primary_references
- Protective effects of 3,4-oxo-isopropylidene-shikimic acid on experimental colitis induced by trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid in rats. | 2012 | DOI 10.1007/s10620-012-2155-y | PMID 22476587 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22476587/ | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-012-2155-y
- source_locator
- Reviewed reference lines 57-57; exact primary location described in quoted passage where extracted.
Shikimic acid: detailed mechanisms of action (reviewed 5 October 2026) · lines 57–57
Original AI-assisted review of primary studies and, where relevant, official regulatory records. Access level is retained per claim. Corrections, null results and unresolved questions remain explicit. Not publisher full text or independent replication. · supports · Editorial identity/scope connection, not experimental causation. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
**Derivatives keep their own outcomes.** Triacetylshikimic acid (TSA) reduced stimulated platelet aggregation and shunt thrombosis in rat experiments; reported cAMP increased, while cGMP, thromboxane/prostacyclin metabolites and clotting-time endpoints included null results. Those results are not assigned to parent shikimic acid. The separately tested 3,4-O-isopropylidene derivative (ISA) has rodent inflammatory/pain studies and cell-free radical-scavenging assays. Structural similarity does not establish interchangeable pharmacokinetics, targets or safety. [Anti-platelet and anti-thrombotic effects of triacetylshikimic acid in rats.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11791012/) [Protective effects of 3,4-oxo-isopropylidene-shikimic acid on experimental colitis induced by trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid in rats.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22476587/) [Anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antioxidant activities of 3,4-oxo-isopropylidene-shikimic acid.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27609150/)
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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This is a research prototype built from draft material. It is not medical advice, and its statements still await verification against the original studies.