Prunin

Prunin
Names
Other names
Naringenin-7-O-glucoside
Identifiers
ChEBI CHEBI:28327
ChemSpider 83766
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PubChem 92794
Properties
C21H22O10
Molar mass 434.40 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Prunin is a flavanone glycoside found in immature citrus fruits[1][2] and in tomatoes.[3] Its aglycone form is called naringenin.

Metabolism

Alpha-L-rhamnosidase breaks naringin into prunin and rhamnose. Glucosidase breaks prunin into glucose and naringenin.

References

  1. Berhow, Mark A.; Vandercook, Carl E. (1989). "Biosynthesis of naringin and prunin in detached grapefruit". Phytochemistry 28 (6): 1627–1630. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97813-0. ISSN 0031-9422.
  2. Castillo, Julian.; Benavente, Obdulio.; del Rio, Jose A. (1993). "Hesperetin 7-O-glucoside and prunin in Citrus species (C. aurantium and C. paradisi). A study of their quantitative distribution in immature fruits and as immediate precursors of neohesperidin and naringin in Citrus aurantium". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 41 (11): 1920–1924. doi:10.1021/jf00035a021. ISSN 0021-8561.
  3. Improved characterization of tomato polyphenols using liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization linear ion trap quadrupole Orbitrap mass spectrometry and liquid hromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Anna Vallverdu´-Queralt, Olga Jauregui, Alexander Medina-Remon, Cristina Andres-Lacueva and Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventos, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 2010, volume 24, pages 2986–2992, doi:10.1002/rcm.4731

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