Ombuin is an O-methylated flavonol, a type of flavonoid. It is the 4',7-O-methyl derivative of quercetin.

Ombuin can be found in species of the genus Erythroxylum. It can also be synthesized.[1] Ombuin 3-sulfate can be isolated from Flaveria chlorifolia.[2]

Glycosides

Ombuin-3-rutinoside can be isolated from Phytolacca dioica, the ombu tree.[3] Ombuin-3-O-rhamnosylglucoside can be found in Erythroxylum rufum.[4]
Other glycosides (ombuosides) :

References

  1. ^ Partial methylation of quercetin: Direct synthesis of tamarixetin, ombuin and ayanin. Koppaka V. Rao, Jacob A. Owoyale, Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Volume 13 Issue 6, Pages 1293 - 1295[dead link]
  2. ^ Ombuin 3-sulphate from Flaveria chloraefolia. Denis Barron and Ragai K. Ibrahim, Phytochemistry, Volume 27, Issue 7, 1988, pages 2362-2363, doi:10.1016/0031-9422(88)80166-3
  3. ^ Über die Synthese von Quercetin-3-glykosiden, II. Synthese des Ombuosids und eine rationelle Synthese von Rutin. Ludwig Hörhammer, Hildebert Wagner, Hans-Günther Arndt, Gustav Hitzler, Lorand Farkas, Chemische Berichte, Volume 101 Issue 4, Pp 1183-1185, 1968 (German)
  4. ^ Flavonoids of Erythroxylum rufum and Erythroxylum ulei. Bruce A. Bohm, David W. Phillips and Fred R. Gander, J. Nat. Prod., 1981, volume 44, issue 6, pages 676–679, doi:10.1021/np50018a009