Tectorigenin is an O-methylated isoflavone, a type of flavonoid. It can be isolated from leopard lily (''

Belamcanda chinensis ''Iris domestica'', commonly known as leopard lily, blackberry lily, and leopard flower, is an ornamental plant in the family Iridaceae. In 2005, based on molecular DNA sequence evidence, ''Belamcanda chinensis'', the sole species in the genus '' ...

''), in ''

Iris unguicularis ''Iris unguicularis'' ( syn. ''Iris stylosa''), the Algerian iris, is a rhizomatous flowering plant in the genus '' Iris'', native to Greece, Turkey, Western Syria, and Tunisia. It grows to , with grassy evergreen leaves, producing pale lilac or ...

'' or '' Pueraria thunbergiana''.Tectorigenin, an Isoflavone of Pueraria thunbergiana BENTH., Induces Differentiation and Apoptosis in Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells. Lee Kyung-Tae, Sohn Il-Cheol, Kim Young-Kwan, Choi Jung-Hye, Choi Jong-Won, Park Hee-Juhn, Itoh Yoshie and Miyamoto Ken-ichi, 2001.
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Glycosides

Tectoridin Tectoridin 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 ...

is the 7- glucoside of tectorigenin.

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O-methylated isoflavones Resorcinols {{Aromatic-stub