Vitexin

Vitexin is an apigenin flavone glucoside, a chemical compound found in the passion flower, Vitex agnus-castus (chaste tree or chasteberry), in the Phyllostachys nigra bamboo leaves,[1] in the pearl millet (Pennisetum millet),[2] and in Hawthorn.[3]

Vitexin
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Properties
C21H20O10
Molar mass 432.38 g/mol
Appearance Light yellow powder
Melting point 203 to 204 °C (397 to 399 °F; 476 to 477 K)
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Metabolism

Goitrogenicity of millet flavones : Vitexin inhibits thyroid peroxidase thus contributing to goiter.[4][5]

See also
  • Isovitexin (or homovitexin, saponaretin) is the apigenin-6-C-glucoside.
  • Orientin, the 3'-OH derivative

References
  1. Zhang, Y; Jiao, J; Liu, C; Wu, X; Zhang, Y (2007). "Isolation and purification of four flavone C-glycosides from antioxidant of bamboo leaves by macroporous resin column chromatography and preparative high-performance liquid chromatography". Food Chemistry. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.09.037. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10.
  2. J.O. AKINGBALA (1991). "Effect of Processing on Flavonoids in Millet (Pennisetum americanum) Flour" (PDF). Cereal Chem. 68 (2): 180–183. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  3. Scholz, Hildemar (1995). Gustav Hegi. Illustrierte Flora von Mitteleuropa IV(2B). Spermatophyta: Angiospermae: Dicotyledones 2(3). Rosaceae 2 (2nd ed.). Berlin: Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag. p. 431. ISBN 978-3-8263-2533-5.
  4. Gaitan, E (1990). "Goitrogens in food and water". Annual Review of Nutrition. 10: 21–39. doi:10.1146/annurev.nu.10.070190.000321. PMID 1696490.
  5. Birzer, D. M., Klopfenstein, C. F., Leipold, H. W. (1987). "Goitre causing compounds found in pearl millet". Nutr. Rep. Int. 36: 131.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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