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The flavonoid compounds are one of the largest classes of naturally occurring phenolic compounds. They are C15 compounds (exclusive of O-alkyl groups and secondary substitution) composed of two phenolic nuclei connected by a three-carbon unit. The A-ring is characteristic of the phloroglucinol or resorcinol hydroxylation pattern and the B-ring usually 4-, 3,4- or 3,4,5-hydroxylated. Depending on the oxidation level of the three-carbon portion of the flavonoid molecules or of the pattern of the ring closure or subsequent modifications, we know the chalcones (V) e.g. isoliquiritigenin (Va), the flavanones, e.g. naringenin (VIa), the flavanonols, e.g. garbanzol (VII), the flavones, e.g. apigenin (VIII), the flavonols, e.g. quercetin (IX), the anthocyanidins, e.g. cyanidin (X), the catechins (XI), the aurones, e.g. hispidol (XII), the isoflavones, e.g. formononetin (XIII) and biochanin-A (XIV), some 3-arylcoumarins like coumestrol (XV) and others.
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Schütte, HR. (1974). Secondary Plant Substances Flavonoid Biosynthesis and their Regulation. In: Ellenberg, H., Esser, K., Merxmüller, H., Schnepf, E., Ziegler, H. (eds) Fortschritte der Botanik. Progress in Botany, vol 36. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-12810-7_10
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