Description | Xanthomicrol belongs to the class of organic compounds known as 8-o-methylated flavonoids. These are flavonoids with methoxy groups attached to the C8 atom of the flavonoid backbone. Thus, xanthomicrol is considered to be a flavonoid lipid molecule. Xanthomicrol is a very hydrophobic molecule, practically insoluble (in water), and relatively neutral. Outside of the human body, Xanthomicrol is found, on average, in the highest concentration within sweet basils. Xanthomicrol has also been detected, but not quantified in, several different foods, such as citrus, herbs and spices, peppermints, and winter savories. This could make xanthomicrol a potential biomarker for the consumption of these foods. Xanthomicrol is found in Ambrosia deltoidea, Baccharis patens, Baccharis quitensis, Baccharis tucumanensis, Bellardia trixago, Bombax ceiba, Bracteantha viscosa, Brickellia paniculata, Cheilanthes argentea, Citrus medica, Citrus sudachi , Citrus sudachii, Clinopodium douglasii, Cunila angustifolia, Cunila incana, Dracocephalum kotschyi, Dracocephalum multicaule, Ficus lyrata, Helichrysum spp., Hymenoxys scaposa, Lavandula mairei, Lavandula pubescens, Mentha piperita, Nepeta spp., Ocimum americanum, Ocimum americanum L.var.americanum , Ocimum gratissimum , Olearia heterocarpa, Ononis natrix , Origanum calcaratum, Origanum dictamnus , Origanum floribundum, Origanum dubium, Origanum microphyllum, Origanum onites , Origanum syriacum , Origanum vulgare subsp. Glandulosum , Origanum vulgare subsp. Hirtum , Phytolacca americana , Satureja cuneifolia, Satureja douglasii, Sideritis dasygnaphala, Sideritis leucantha, Sideritis spp., Stachys aegyptiaca, Stachys chrysantha, Stachys schtschegleevii, Thymus herba-barona , Thymus saturejoides, Thymus spp., Thymus vulgaris, Varthemia iphionoides and Wilkesia hobdyi. Xanthomicrol was first documented in 2005 (PMID: 15949825). A trimethoxyflavone that is flavone substituted by methoxy groups at positions 6, 7 and 8 and hydroxy groups at positions 5 and 4' (PMID: 23768339) (PMID: 24895220) (PMID: 25138085). | Read more...
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