Trifolin Explained

Trifolin is a chemical compound. It is the kaempferol 3-galactoside. It can be found in Camptotheca acuminata,^[1] in Euphorbia condylocarpa^[2] or in Consolida oliveriana.^[3]

Kaempferol 3-O-galactosyltransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction:
UDP-galactose + kaempferol → UDP + kaempferol 3-O-beta-D-galactoside (trifolin).^[4] It can also be found in seedlings of Vigna mungo.^[5]

Notes and References

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2. Roshchin . Y. V. . Trifolin from Euphorbia condylocarpa . 10.1007/BF00565849 . Chemistry of Natural Compounds . 13 . 4 . 481–482 . 1977 . 4813721 .
3. Díaz . J. S. . Carmona . A. . Torres . F. . Quintana . J. . Estévez . F. . Herz . W. . 10.1055/s-2008-1034278 . Cytotoxic Activities of Flavonoid Glycoside Acetates from Consolida oliveriana . Planta Medica . 74 . 2 . 171–174 . 2008 . 18214815. 1783362 .
4. Miller . K. D. . Guyon . V. . Evans . J. N. . Shuttleworth . W. A. . Taylor . L. P. . Purification, Cloning, and Heterologous Expression of a Catalytically Efficient Flavonol 3-O-Galactosyltransferase Expressed in the Male Gametophyte of Petunia hybrida . 10.1074/jbc.274.48.34011 . Journal of Biological Chemistry . 274 . 48 . 34011–34019 . 1999 . 10567367. free .
5. March 1993 . Partial Purification and Some Properties of Flavonol 3-O-Glycosyltransferases from Seedlings of Vigna mungo, with Special Reference to the Formation of Kaempferol 3-O-Galactoside and 3-O-Glucoside . Plant and Cell Physiology . en . 34 . 2 . 329–335 . 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a078424 . 1471-9053.