Flavones orientin

Some bioactive flavones include aldose reductase inhibitors (apigenin 4 -methyl ether (acacetin), apigenin 7-0-apioside (apiin), 5,7-dihydroxyflavone (chrysin) and luteolin) antiinflammatory 5-LOX inhibitors (5,6,7-trihydroxyflavone (baicalein), 5,6,3, 4 -tetrahydroxy 7-methoxyflavone (pedalitin), 5,3, 4 -trihydroxy 6,7-dimethoxyflavone (cirsiliol, 6-0-methylpedalitin) and flavone) a COX inhibitor (flavone) iodothyronine deiodinase inhibitors (acacetin, chrysin and luteolin) a NADH and succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (luteolin) millet-derived, goitrogenic inhibitors of thyroid peroxidase (flavone C-glycosides orientin and vitexin) and protein kinase inhibitors (acacetin, apigenin, baicalein, flavone, luteolin, 5,7,3, 4, 5 -pentahydroxyflavone (tricetin) and tricetin 3, 4, 5 -trimethyl ether). 

Fig. I6A A methanoiic extract of Lespedezae herba (4) contains more highly glycosidated flavonoids (R, range 0.05-0.35) such as kaempferol- and/or isorhamnetin-rhamno-glucoside and rutin (Tl). The EtAc extract (5,6) contains the enriched yellow zones of flavon-C-glyco.sides such as isoorientin (R, -- 0.S/T3), orientin (R, — 0.65/T3) overlapped by isovitexin, a.s well as flavonol-O-glycosides such as lespedin, hyperoside, isoquerdtrin and querdtrin (Rf 0.6-0.8).

Pereira, C.A.M., Yariwake, J.H., and McCuUagh, M. 2005. Distinction of the glycosyl-flavone isomer pairs orientin/isoorientin and vitexin/isovitexin using HPLC-MS exact mass measurement and in-source CID. Phytochem. Anal. 16 295-301. 

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