Hydroxyethylrutoside
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Hydroxyethylrutosides are hydroxyethyl acetylations of rutoside. It may refer to :
  • Monoxerutin
    Monoxerutin
    Monoxerutin is a flavonol, a type of flavonoid. It is more accurately a hydroxyethylrutoside....

  • Dihydroxyethylrutoside
  • Troxerutin
    Troxerutin
    Troxerutin is a flavonol, a type of flavonoid. It is more accurately a hydroxyethylrutoside. It can be isolated from Sophora japonica, the japanese pagoda tree.It is used as a vasoprotective....

  • Tetrahydroxyethylrutoside


Oxerutins are semisynthetic derivative of plant constituents. Although they are closely related to the natural flavonoid rutin
Rutin
Rutin, also called rutoside, quercetin-3-O-rutinoside and sophorin, is a citrus flavonoid glycoside found in buckwheat, the leaves and petioles of Rheum species, and asparagus...

, hydroxyethylrutosides are not found in food. The only way to take them is in a supplement.

Health benefits

Relvène (1967 French version), Venoruton (1962 Swiss version), and Paroven are mixtures of hydroxyethyl rutinosides. Hydroxyethylrutosides are used in the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency
Chronic venous insufficiency
Chronic venous insufficiency or CVI is a medical condition where the veins cannot pump enough oxygen-poor blood back to the heart. It is sometimes referred to as an "impaired musculovenous pump", this is due to damaged or "incompetent" valves as may occur after deep vein thrombosis or phlebitis...

 and hypertensive microangiopathy. Oxerutins works by reducing leakage from the small blood vessels (capillaries).

Hydroxyethylrutosides have been used as an alternative to horse chestnut preparations (venostasin) containing aescin
Aescin
Aescin or escin is a mixture of saponins with anti-inflammatory, vasoconstrictor and vasoprotective effects found in Aesculus hippocastanum . Aescin is the main active compound in horse chestnut, and is responsible for most of its medicinal properties.High-quality evidence suggests aescin is a safe...

. Typical doses are in the order of 1,000 mg/day.

Effects of hydroxyethylrutosides against adriamycin-induced toxicity have been investigated in rats.
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