Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.

Acacetin is an O-methylated flavone found in Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) Turnera diffusa (damiana) and in the fern Asplenium normale.The enzyme apigenin 4′-O-methyltransferase uses S-adenosyl methionine and 574′-trihydroxyflavone (apigenin) to produce S-adenosylhomocysteine and 4′-methoxy-57-dihydroxyflavone (acacetin).

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IUPAC name
57-dihydroxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)chromen-4-one

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