Vitexin is a flavonoid that has many potential health benefits, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties. It may also help with cancer, diabetes, and asthma.
Antioxidant
Protects against oxidative damage from reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation
May help with oxidative stress-related diseases like seizures, memory impairment, and myocardial injury
Anti-inflammatory
May help with asthma by reducing inflammation and Th2 cytokines
May help with chronic myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury
Neuroprotective
May help with neurodegeneration by increasing neuroprotective factors and pathways
May help with Parkinson's disease by increasing dopamine levels and restoring behavioral deficits
Anti-cancer May have anticancer properties.
Anti-diabetes
May help with diabetes by protecting pancreatic β-cells and decreasing apoptosis
Other benefits
May help with cardiac hypertrophy
May inhibit platelet aggregation and vascular smooth contractility
May have anticonvulsant and anxiolytic-like effects