Luteolin-7-''O''-glucuronide is a

chemical compound A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds. A molecule consisting of atoms of only one element ...

that is classified as a

flavone Flavone is an organic compound with the formula . A white solid, flavone is a derivative of chromone with a phenyl (Ph) substituent adjacent to the ether group. The compound is of little direct practical importance, but substituted derivatives, ...

. It is found in ''

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'' and in

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(''Secale cereale'').

Metabolism

Luteolin 7-O-glucuronosyltransferase is an enzyme that uses

UDP-glucuronate UDP-glucuronic acid is a sugar used in the creation of polysaccharides and is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of ascorbic acid (except in primates and guinea pigs). It also participates in the heme degradation process of human. It is made fro ...

and

luteolin Luteolin is a flavone, a type of flavonoid, with a yellow crystalline appearance. Luteolin is the main yellow dye from the '' Reseda luteola'' plant, used for dyeing since at least the first millennium B.C. Luteolin was first isolated in pure f ...

to produce UDP and luteolin 7-O-beta-D-glucuronide. Luteolin-7-O-glucuronide 2"-O-glucuronosyltransferase is an enzyme that uses

and luteolin 7-O-beta-D-glucuronide to produce UDP and

luteolin 7-O-(beta-D-glucuronosyl-(1→2)-beta-D-glucuronide) Luteolin is a flavone, a type of flavonoid, with a yellow crystalline appearance. Luteolin is the main yellow dye from the ''Reseda luteola'' plant, used for dyeing since at least the first millennium B.C. Luteolin was first isolated in pure for ...

References

Flavone glycosides Flavonoid glucuronides Glucuronide esters {{aromatic-stub