Vitexin

Vitexin (CAS 3681-93-4), also known as apigenin-8-C-glucoside or orientoside, is a naturally occurring flavone C-glycoside found in various medicinal plants, including passion flower (Passiflora incarnata), hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), mung bean, and bamboo leaves.

This bioactive flavonoid has attracted significant research interest due to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties. A comprehensive review of preclinical studies highlights vitexin’s protective effects against oxidative stress-related diseases, demonstrating its ability to scavenge reactive oxygen species, reduce lipid peroxidation, and modulate oxidative damage in models of cerebral ischemia, neurotoxicity, myocardial injury, and metabolic dysfunction. Vitexin serves as a key marker compound for the standardization and quality control of herbal extracts, dietary supplements, and botanical formulations containing Passiflora or Crataegus species. High-purity vitexin enables accurate quantification and method validation in laboratories performing phytochemical analysis.

Planta Analytica provides high-purity vitexin as an analytical reference standard to support precise analysis, research applications, and extract standardization in laboratories worldwide.

The list of the most common alkaloids standards isolated from passionflower includes: isorhynchophylline, isomitraphylline, rhyncophylline, mitraphylline, orientin, and isoorientin. Find our entire collection of passionflower flavanoid reference standards here.