heptamethoxyflavone

noun

Any hepta-methoxy derivative of flavone, but especially 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-heptamethoxyflavone, a citrus flavonoid that has biochemical activity in the brain

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Meanings

nounheptamethoxyflavone (countable and uncountable, plural heptamethoxyflavones)

plural heptamethoxyflavones

  1. countableuncountablechemistryAny hepta-methoxy derivative of flavone, but especially 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-heptamethoxyflavone, a citrus flavonoid that has biochemical activity in the brain

    The linear range for the assay of atractylodin, pachymic acid, heptamethoxyflavone, naringenin, nobiletin, liquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin, and 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid were 200–20,000, 10–1,000, 4–400, 50–5,000, 4–400, 2–200, 2–200, and 800–80,000 pg/mL, respectively.

    2015 July 18, “Pharmacokinetic Profiles of Active Ingredients and Its Metabolites Derived from Rikkunshito, a Ghrelin Enhancer, in Healthy Japanese Volunteers: A Cross-Over, Randomized Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hepta- + methoxy + flavone.

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