Astragalin is a chemical compound. It can be isolated from ''
Phytolacca americana
''Phytolacca americana'', also known as American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, dragonberries, and inkberry, is a poisonous, herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae. This pokeweed grows . It has simple leaves on green ...
'' (the American pokeweed) or in the
methanolic extract of fronds of the fern ''
Phegopteris connectilis
''Phegopteris connectilis'', commonly known as long beech fern, northern beech fern, and narrow beech fern, is a species of fern native to forests of the Northern Hemisphere.
Unlike its close relative, ''Phegopteris hexagonoptera'', which is ter ...
''.
[Phenolic constituents of the fernPhegopteris connectilis. Klaus-Peter Adam, Phytochemistry, Volume 52, Issue 5, November 1999, Pages 929–934, ] It is also
found in wine.
Astragalin is a 3-O-
glucoside of
kaempferol
Kaempferol (3,4′,5,7-tetrahydroxyflavone) is a natural flavonol, a type of flavonoid, found in a variety of plants and plant-derived foods including kale, beans, tea, spinach, and broccoli. Kaempferol is a yellow crystalline solid with a meltin ...
.
References
Kaempferol glycosides
Flavonol glucosides
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