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, in the pearl millet (Pennisetum millet), and in hawthorn.

Metabolism

Vitexin beta-glucosyltransferase is an enzyme characterised from Silene alba that converts vitexin to its 2"-O-β-D-glucoside (flavosativaside) using UDP-glucose as the source of the added glucose unit.

Properties

Goitrogenicity of millet flavones : vitexin inhibits thyroid peroxidase thus contributing to goiter.

See also

• Isovitexin (or homovitexin, saponaretin) is the apigenin-6-C-glucoside.

• Orientin, the 3'-OH derivative

References

External links

• Vitexin on RDchemicals.com