Myricitrin is a plant compound, the 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside of
myricetin.
Occurrences
It can be isolated from the root bark of ''
Myrica cerifera
''Myrica cerifera'' is a small evergreen tree or large shrub native to North and Central America and the Caribbean. Its common names include southern wax myrtle, southern bayberry, candleberry, bayberry tree, and tallow shrub. It sees uses both i ...
'' (Bayberry, a small tree native to North America), in ''
Myrica esculenta'', in ''
Nymphaea lotus'' and ''
N. odorata'', in ''
Chrysobalanus icaco'' and in ''
Polygonum aviculare''.
Myricitrin is used by several beetle species in their communication system. These include ''
Plagioderma versicolora'', ''
Agelastica coerulea'', ''
Atrachya menetrisi'', ''
Altica nipponica'', ''
Altica oleracea
''Altica oleracea'' is a species of leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galerucinae.
Etymology
Its specific name ''oleracea'' means "related to vegetables/herbs" in Latin and is a form of ().
Subspecies
Subspecies inc ...
'', ''
Gastrolina depressa''.
Health effect
Myricitrin is a
nitric oxide
Nitric oxide (nitrogen oxide or nitrogen monoxide) is a colorless gas with the formula . It is one of the principal oxides of nitrogen. Nitric oxide is a free radical: it has an unpaired electron, which is sometimes denoted by a dot in its che ...
and
protein kinase C
In cell biology, Protein kinase C, commonly abbreviated to PKC (EC 2.7.11.13), is a family of protein kinase enzymes that are involved in controlling the function of other proteins through the phosphorylation of hydroxyl groups of serine and t ...
inhibitor and exhibits antipsychotic-like and anxiolytic-like effects in animal models of psychosis and anxiety respectively.
References
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Flavonol rhamnosides