Isoflavenes are a type of isoflavonoids.
Examples
[edit]- Glabrene, found in the roots of liquorice, is also a xenoestrogen.[1]
- 2-Methoxyjudaicin found in the roots of Cicer bijugum[2]
- Haginin D
- Idronoxil, also known as phenoxodiol, which is used for anticancer purposes.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Somjen, D; Katzburg, S; Vaya, J; Kaye, AM; Hendel, D; Posner, GH; Tamir, S (2004). "Estrogenic activity of glabridin and glabrene from licorice roots on human osteoblasts and prepubertal rat skeletal tissues". The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 91 (4–5): 241–246. doi:10.1016/j.jsbmb.2004.04.008. PMID 15336701. S2CID 16238533.
- ^ Veitch, Nigel C.; Stevenson, Philip C. (1997). "2-Methoxyjudaicin, an isoflavene from the roots of Cicer bijugum". Phytochemistry. 44 (8): 1587–1589. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(96)00757-1.
- ^ Georgaki, Sylvianna; Skopeliti, Margarita; Tsiatas, Marinos; Nicolaou, Katerina A.; Ioannou, Kyriaki; Husband, Alan; Bamias, Aristotelis; Dimopoulos, Meletios A.; Constantinou, Andreas I.; Tsitsilonis, Ourania E. (September 2009). "Phenoxodiol, an anticancer isoflavene, induces immunomodulatory effects in vitro and in vivo". Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 13 (9B): 3929–3938. doi:10.1111/j.1582-4934.2009.00695.x. ISSN 1582-4934. PMC 4516540. PMID 19220577.
Well, that’s interesting to know that Psilotum nudum are known as whisk ferns. Psilotum nudum is the commoner species of the two. While the P. flaccidum is a rare species and is found in the tropical islands. Both the species are usually epiphytic in habit and grow upon tree ferns. These species may also be terrestrial and grow in humus or in the crevices of the rocks.
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