Tetramethoxyflavone is a flavonoid as found in C. aurantium (bitter orange).
Research
HEPATOPROTECTIVE
- Tetramethoxyflavone and limonexic acid in C. aurantium could effectively protect hepatocytes against carbon tetrachloride induced injury. From: Lu, Q., Yang, L., Zhao, H. Y., Jiang, J. G., & Xu, X. L. (2013). Protective effect of compounds from the flowers of Citrus aurantium L. var. amara Engl against carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatocyte injury. Food and chemical toxicology, 62, 432-435. From: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2013.08.041
GASTROPROTECTIVE
- Ternatin, a tetramethoxyflavone found in a species of Asteraceae had an antidiarrhoeal effect. From: Rao, V. S. N., Santos, F. A., Sobreira, T. T., Souza, M. F., Melo, C. L., & Silveira, E. R. (1997). Investigations on the gastroprotective and antidiarrhoeal properties of ternatin, a tetramethoxyflavone from Egletes viscosa. Planta medica, 63(02), 146-149.
