Tetuin is the name originally allocated to a chemical constituent of the seeds of Oroxylum indicum, the Indian trumpetflower,[1] known as टेटु tetu in Marathi. The original authors identified this chemical as the 6-O-glucoside of baicalein, a flavone, a type of flavonoid. Their identification was probably incorrect, as subsequent authors were able to demonstrate that baicalein 6-O-glucoside has different properties to the original tetuin from O. indicum seeds,[2] and were unable to find baicalein glycosides in the seeds.[3] Nevertheless, modern authors have used the name tetuin as a trivial name for baicalein 6-O-glucoside.[4]
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↑Mehta C. R. and Mehta T. P., 1959 Journal of the Indian Chemical Society 36:468
↑Mezey-Vándor, Gabriella; Farkas, Loránd; Kanzel, Ida; Nógrádi, Mihály (May 1980). "Synthese von Baicalin und einiger anderer Baicalein-glycoside". Chemische Berichte. 113 (5): 1945–1949.
