Formula C16H14O5 Pubchem 73571 | Molar mass 286.27 g/mol | |
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How to pronounce sakuranetin
Sakuranetin is a flavanone, a type of flavonoid. It can be found in Polymnia fruticosa and rice, where it acts as a phytoalexin against spore germination of Pyricularia oryzae.
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Glycosides
Sakuranin is the -O-glucoside of sakuranetin.
Metabolism
Naringenin 7-O-methyltransferase uses naringenin to yield sakuranetin, with S-adenosyl-methionine as the methyl donor.
In compounds like 7-methoxylated flavanones like sakuranetin, demethylation followed by sulfation occur in model organism Cunninghamella elegans.
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