Application
Verbascoside has been used:as a reference standard for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysisas a reference standard for detection of phenolic compounds in olive mill wastewater and pomace by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-diode-array detector (DAD)-qTOF systemto test its anti-viral activity against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in HEP2 cells and A549 cells
Biochem/physiol Actions
Phenylethanoid glycoside. Antioxidant and antiproliferative.
Verbascoside has anti-inflammatory and photoprotective properties. It has shown neuroprotective effects on PC12 neuronal cells against neurotoxicity. Verbascoside is proven to be a potent inhibitor of xanthine oxidase (XOD) in in vitro studies.
General description
Verbascoside, also known as acteoside, is a hydrophilic plant compound first isolated from mullein (Verbascum sinuatum L.). The chemical structure of verbascoside comprises hydroxyphenylethyl and cinnamic acid moieties bound to a β-glucopyranose via a glycosidic bond.
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