Rhamnazin is an
''O''-methylated flavonol, a type of chemical compound. It can be found in ''
Rhamnus petiolaris'',
a
buckthorn
''Rhamnus'' is a genus of about 110 accepted species of shrubs or small trees, commonly known as buckthorns, in the family Rhamnaceae. Its species range from tall (rarely to ) and are native mainly in east Asia and North America, but found t ...
plant endemic to Sri Lanka.
Metabolism
The enzyme
3-methylquercetin 7-''O''-methyltransferase uses
''S''-adenosyl methionine and
isorhamnetin to produce
''S''-adenosyl homocysteine and rhamnazin.
The enzyme
3,7-dimethylquercetin 4'-''O''-methyltransferase uses ''S''-adenosyl methionine and rhamnazin to produce ''S''-adenosyl homocysteine and
ayanin
Ayanin is an ''O''-methylated flavonol, a type of flavonoid. It is the 3,7,4'-tri-''O''-methylated derivative
In mathematics, the derivative of a function of a real variable measures the sensitivity to change of the function value (output ...
.
References
External links
Rhamnazin on the Extrasynthese catalogue
O-methylated flavonols
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