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]
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Scholz H (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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Birzer DM, Klopfenstein CF, Leipold HW (1987). "Goitre causing compounds found in pearl millet". Nutr. Rep. Int. 36: 131–141. ISSN 0029-6635.