Amentoflavone

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Amentoflavone
Skeletal formula
Ball-and-stick model of amentoflavone
Names
IUPAC name
(4′,5,7-Trihydroxyflavone)-(3′→8)-(4′,5,7-trihydroxyflavone)
Systematic IUPAC name
8-[5-(5,7-Dihydroxy-4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran-2-yl)-2-hydroxyphenyl]-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one
Other names
Didemethyl-ginkgetin
3,8″-Biapigenin
Identifiers
3D model (
JSmol
)
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
KEGG
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C30H18O10/c31-15-4-1-13(2-5-15)24-12-23(38)29-21(36)10-20(35)27(30(29)40-24)17-7-14(3-6-18(17)33)25-11-22(37)28-19(34)8-16(32)9-26(28)39-25/h1-12,31-36H checkY
    Key: YUSWMAULDXZHPY-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/C30H18O10/c31-15-4-1-13(2-5-15)24-12-23(38)29-21(36)10-20(35)27(30(29)40-24)17-7-14(3-6-18(17)33)25-11-22(37)28-19(34)8-16(32)9-26(28)39-25/h1-12,31-36H
    Key: YUSWMAULDXZHPY-UHFFFAOYAB
  • O=C1\C=C(/Oc2cc(O)cc(O)c12)c6cc(c5c(O)cc(O)c3c5O/C(=C\C3=O)c4ccc(O)cc4)c(O)cc6
Properties
C30H18O10
Molar mass 538.464 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Amentoflavone is a biflavonoid (bis-apigenin coupled at 8 and 3 positions, or 3,8″-biapigenin) constituent of a number of plants including

Xerophyta plicata.[3]

Amentoflavone can interact with many medications by being a potent inhibitor of CYP3A4 and CYP2C9, which are enzymes responsible for the metabolism of some drugs in the body.[4] It is also an inhibitor of human cathepsin B.[2]

Amentoflavone has a variety of

negative allosteric modulator.[10]

See also

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