Role of flavonoids in plant interactions with the environment and against human pathogens—A review

M Khalid, M Bilal, DF Huang - Journal of integrative agriculture, 2019 - Elsevier
Flavonoids are widely-distributed polyphenolic secondary metabolites with diverse
biological activities in plants and benefit human health as protective dietary agents. They …

The role of polyphenols in abiotic stress response: The influence of molecular structure

D Šamec, E Karalija, I Šola, V Vujčić Bok… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Abiotic stressors such as extreme temperatures, drought, flood, light, salt, and heavy metals
alter biological diversity and crop production worldwide. Therefore, it is important to know …

Modulation of phytohormone signaling: A primary function of flavonoids in plant–environment interactions

C Brunetti, A Fini, F Sebastiani, A Gori… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The old observation that plants preferentially synthesize flavonoids with respect to the wide
range of phenylpropanoid structures when exposed to high doses of UV-B radiation has …

Flavonols protect Arabidopsis plants against UV-B deleterious effects

J Emiliani, E Grotewold, MLF Ferreyra, P Casati - Molecular Plant, 2013 - cell.com
Dear Editor, Flavonols are synthesized by flavonol synthase (FLS) enzymes (Martens et al.,
2010). These compounds absorb UV-B light in the 280–320-nm region and their …

Flavonoids in agriculture: Chemistry and roles in, biotic and abiotic stress responses, and microbial associations

A Shah, DL Smith - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
The current world of climate change, global warming and a constantly changing
environment have made life very stressful for living entities, which has driven the evolution of …

Looking at flavonoid biodiversity in horticultural crops: A colored mine with nutritional benefits

A Scarano, M Chieppa, A Santino - Plants, 2018 - mdpi.com
Flavonoids represent a wide group of plant secondary metabolites implicated in many
physiological roles, from the attraction of pollinators to the protection against biotic or abiotic …

Assessing the response of plant flavonoids to UV radiation: an overview of appropriate techniques

R Julkunen-Tiitto, N Nenadis, S Neugart… - Phytochemistry …, 2015 - Springer
Flavonoids are a large group of plant secondary metabolites that are present in most plants,
and are vital for plant growth, development and protection. Among the many functions of …

Modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in crop plants

EGWM Schijlen, CHR De Vos, AJ van Tunen, AG Bovy - Phytochemistry, 2004 - Elsevier
Flavonoids comprise the most common group of polyphenolic plant secondary metabolites.
In plants, flavonoids play an important role in biological processes. Beside their function as …

Seasonal and diurnal variation in leaf phenolics of three medicinal mediterranean wild species: what is the best harvesting moment to obtain the richest and the most …

A Gori, LB Nascimento, F Ferrini, M Centritto, C Brunetti - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mediterranean plants biosynthesize high amounts of polyphenols, which are important
health-promoting compounds. Leaf polyphenolic composition changes according to …

Flavonoids: a metabolic network mediating plants adaptation to their real estate

A Mouradov, G Spangenberg - Frontiers in plant science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
From an evolutionary perspective, the emergence of the sophisticated chemical scaffolds of
flavonoid molecules represents a key step in the colonization of Earth's terrestrial …