Herbacetin Explained

Herbacetin is a flavonol, a type of flavonoid.

Glycosides

Herbacetin diglucoside can be isolated from flaxseed hulls.^[1]

Rhodionin is a herbacetin rhamnoside found in Rhodiola species.^[2]

Other related compounds

Rhodiolin, a flavonolignan, is the product of the oxidative coupling of coniferyl alcohol with the 7,8-dihydroxy grouping of herbacetin. It can be found in the rhizome of Rhodiola rosea.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Struijs . K. . Vincken . J. P. . Verhoef . R. . Van Oostveen-Van Casteren . W. H. M. . Voragen . A. G. J. . Gruppen . H. . 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.10.022 . The flavonoid herbacetin diglucoside as a constituent of the lignan macromolecule from flaxseed hulls . Phytochemistry . 68 . 8 . 1227–1235 . 2007 . 17141814.
2. Li . T. . Zhang . H. . 10.1248/cpb.56.807 . Identification and Comparative Determination of Rhodionin in Traditional Tibetan Medicinal Plants of Fourteen Rhodiola Species by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Photodiode Array Detection and Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry . Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin . 56 . 6 . 807–14 . 2008 . 18520085. free .
3. Zapesochnaya . G. G. . Kurkin . V. A. . 10.1007/BF00579955 . The flavonoids of the rhizomes ofRhodiola rosea. II. A flavonolignan and glycosides of herbacetin . Chemistry of Natural Compounds . 19 . 21–29 . 1983 . 7656479 .