Vitexin Explained

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]}

• Vitexin beta-glucosyltransferase
• Vitexin 2"-O-rhamnoside 7-O-methyltransferase

See also

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

External links

• Vitexin on RDchemicals.com

Notes and References

1. Zhang . Isolation and purification of four flavone C-glycosides from antioxidant of bamboo leaves by macroporous resin column chromatography and preparative high-performance liquid chromatography . https://archive.today/20120910094949/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T6R-4PRRBT7-4&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=19496ba79336a2655fdc3c321290cad3 . dead . 2012-09-10 . Y . Food Chemistry . Jiao . J . Liu . C . Wu . X . Zhang . Y . 2007. 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.09.037 .
2. Effect of Processing on Flavonoids in Millet (Pennisetum americanum) Flour . J.O. AKINGBALA . 1991 . Cereal Chem. . 68 . 2 . 180–183 . 2009-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090514213426/http://www.aaccnet.org/cerealchemistry/backissues/1991/68_180.pdf . 2009-05-14 . dead .
3. Book: Scholz, Hildemar. Gustav Hegi. Illustrierte Flora von Mitteleuropa IV(2B). Spermatophyta: Angiospermae: Dicotyledones 2(3). Rosaceae 2. Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag. 1995. 978-3-8263-2533-5. 2nd. Berlin. 431.
4. Gaitan . E . Goitrogens in food and water. . Annual Review of Nutrition . 10 . 21–39 . 1990 . 1696490 . 10.1146/annurev.nu.10.070190.000321.
5. Birzer DM, Klopfenstein CF, Leipold HW. 1987 . Goitre causing compounds found in pearl millet . Nutr. Rep. Int. . 36 . 131–141. 0029-6635.