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 gre ...
'' (the American pokeweed) or in the
methanolic extract of fronds of the fern ''
Phegopteris connectilis''.
[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 mel ...
.
References
Kaempferol glycosides
Flavonol glucosides
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