MOLECULE

Rutin

Rutin, also known as rutoside or phytomelin, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as flavonoid-3-o-glycosides. These are phenolic compounds containing a flavonoid moiety which is O-glycosidically linked to carbohydrate moiety at the C3-position. Rutin is an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa). Outside of the human body, Rutin is found, on average, in the highest concentration within a few different foods, such as parsley, common buckwheats, and sorrels and in a lower concentration in grape wines, italian sweet red peppers, and nectarines. Rutin has also been detected, but not quantified in, several different foods, such as summer grapes, peachs, broccoli, rosemaries, and tartary buckwheats. This could make rutin a potential biomarker for the consumption of these foods. A rutinoside that is quercetin with the hydroxy group at position C-3 substituted with glucose and rhamnose sugar groups. Rutin is expected to be in Cannabis as all living plants are known to produce and metabolize it.