Iridin is an
isoflavone Isoflavones are substituted derivatives of isoflavone, a type of naturally occurring isoflavonoids, many of which act as phytoestrogens in mammals. Isoflavones are produced almost exclusively by the members of the bean family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae ...
, a type of flavonoid. It is the 7-
glucoside
A glucoside is a glycoside that is derived from glucose. Glucosides are common in plants, but rare in animals. Glucose is produced when a glucoside is hydrolysed by purely chemical means, or decomposed by fermentation or enzymes.
The name was o ...
of
irigenin
Irigenin is an O-methylated isoflavone, a type of flavonoid. It can be isolated from the rhizomes of the leopard lily ('' Belamcanda chinensis''), and ''Iris kemaonensis''. Jiaju Zhou, Guirong Xie and Xinjian Yan
Glycosides
Iridin is the 7-gl ...
and can be isolated from several species of
irises like orris root, ''
Iris florentina
The identity of the plant first described by Carl Linnaeus as ''Iris florentina'' remains unclear, . In horticulture, it has been treated as a white-flowered variant of ''Iris'' × ''germanica'', under names such as ''Iris germanica'' nothovar. ...
'' or ''
Iris versicolor
''Iris versicolor'' is also commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blueflag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag, and poison flag, plus other variations of these names, and in Britain and Ireland as purple iris.
It is a species of ''Iris'' ...
'', also commonly known as the larger blue flag. It can also be found in ''
Iris kemaonensis
''Iris kemaonensis'', the Kumaon iris, is a plant species in the genus '' Iris'', it is also in the subgenus '' Iris'' and in the section ''Pseudoregelia''. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from Tibetan China, Bhutan, India, Kashmir and Nepal. I ...
''.
The compound is toxic and these plants have been mentioned as causing poisoning in humans and animals.
Yellow Iris on cbif.gc.ca
References
O-methylated isoflavones
Isoflavone glucosides
Hydroxymethyl compounds
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