Casticin is a methoxylated
flavonol, meaning the core flavonoid structure has methyl groups attached. Found in ''
Artemisia annua
''Artemisia annua'', also known as sweet wormwood, sweet annie, sweet sagewort, annual mugwort or annual wormwood (), is a common type of wormwood native to temperate Asia, but naturalized in many countries including scattered parts of North Am ...
'', the flavonoid has been shown to enhance the antimalarial activity of artemisinin though casticin itself has no direct antimalarial effects. It has been shown to have anti-
mitotic activity. It is also found in ''
Vitex agnus-castus''.
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