FLAVONOIDS
Journal Title: World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 6
Abstract
Flavonoids are the most abundant polyphenols in human diet, representing about 2/3 of all those ones ingested. Like other phytochemicals, they are the products of secondary metabolism of plants and currently, it is not possible to determine precisely their number, even if over 4000 have been identified. In fruits and vegetables, they are usually found in the form of glycosides and sometimes as acylglycosides while acylated, methylated and sulfate molecules are less frequent and in lower concentrations. They are water-soluble and accumulate in cell vacuoles. Their basic structure is a skeleton of diphenylpropane. They can be subdivided into different subgroups depending on the carbon of the C ring on which B ring is attached, and the degree of unsaturation and oxidation of the C ring. Flavonoids in which B ring is linked in position 3 of the ring C are called isoflavones; those in which B ring is linked in position 4, neoflavonoids, while those in which the B ring is linked in position 2 can be further subdivided into several subgroups on the basis of the structural features of the C ring. These subgroup are: flavones, flavonols, flavanones, flavanonols, flavanols or catechins and anthocyanins. Finally, flavonoids with open C ring are called chalcones.
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Priyanka R. Waghmare
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