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Vitexin
Chemical compound From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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
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