Drug Summary

  Drug name:  hesperetin
  Chemical name:  Hesperidin
  Formula:  C₁₆H₁₄O₆
  Weight:   302.2788
  CAS no:  520-33-2
  DrugBank link:  DB01094
  Description:  Hesperetin belongs to the flavanone class of flavonoids. Hesperetin, in the form of its glycoside hesperidin, is the predominant flavonoid in lemons and oranges.
  Indication:  For lowering cholesterol and, possibly, otherwise favorably affecting lipids. In vitro research also suggests the possibility that hesperetin might have some anticancer effects and that it might have some anti-aromatase activity, as well as activity again.