Eupalitin is an
O-methylated flavonol The O-methylated flavonoids or methoxyflavonoids are flavonoids with methylations on hydroxyl groups (methoxy bonds). O-methylation has an effect on the solubility of flavonoids.
Enzymes
O-methylated flavonoids formation implies the presence of spe ...
. It can be found in ''
Ipomopsis aggregata
''Ipomopsis aggregata'' is a species of biennial flowering plant in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae), commonly known as scarlet trumpet, scarlet gilia, or skyrocket because of its scarlet red flowers with lobes curving back as if blown back by ro ...
''.
Glycosides
Eupalitin 3-O-β-D-galactopyranoside can be isolated from ''
Tephrosia spinosa
''Tephrosia spinosa'' is a flowering plant species in the genus '' Tephrosia'' native from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Eupalitin 3-O-β-D-galactopyranoside, a glycoside of the flavonol eupalitin
Eupalitin is an O-methylated flav ...
''.
[Eupalitin 3-O-β-D-galactopyranoside from Tephrosia spinosa. Vanangamudi A., Gandhidasan R. and Raman P. V., Fitoterapia, 1997, vol. 68, no6, p. 560, ]
Eupalin
Eupalin is a flavonol. It is the eupalitin 3-O-rhamnoside
Rhamnose (Rha, Rham) is a naturally occurring deoxy sugar. It can be classified as either a methyl-pentose or a 6-deoxy-hexose. Rhamnose predominantly occurs in nature in its L-form as ...
is the eupalitin 30-
rhamnoside
Rhamnose (Rha, Rham) is a naturally occurring deoxy sugar. It can be classified as either a methyl-pentose or a 6-deoxy-hexose. Rhamnose predominantly occurs in nature in its L-form as L-rhamnose (6-deoxy-L-mannose). This is unusual, since most o ...
.
References
O-methylated flavonols
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