Polyphenols represent a group of chemical substances common in plants, structurally
characterized by the presence of one or more phenol units. Polyphenols are the most …

Plants subjected to abiotic stresses synthesize secondary metabolites with potential
application in the functional foods, dietary supplements, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and …

In 1936 St. Rusznyák and A. Szent-Györgyi described, in a paper in Nature (Rusznyàk &
Szent-György, 1936), the relief of certain pathological conditions, characterized by an …

Under different suboptimal growth conditions (eg low temperatures, drought and nitrogen
deficiency), the ability of plants to process the light energy income can be overwhelmed …

Plants synthesize a vast range of secondary metabolites with a significant portion consisting
of phenolic compounds and flavonoid compounds [Crozier et al., 2006a]. These …

Flavonoids are ubiquitous in the plant kingdom and have many diverse functions including
defense, UV protection, auxin transport inhibition, allelopathy, and flower coloring …

Flavonoids comprise a large and diverse group of polyphenolic plant secondary
metabolites. In plants, flavonoids play important roles in many biological processes such as …

Polyphenols or plant phenolics are the secondary metabolites which have diverse functions
to mitigate various abiotic (heat, drought, cold, salt or heavy metal) and biotic (bacterial …

The knowledge of flavonoids involved in plant-plant interactions and their mechanisms of
action are poor and, moreover, the structural characteristics required for these biological …

Ever since the evolution of mankind on Earth, their interaction with plants has never ceased.
In fact it will be fit to say that man co-evolved with plants. If the only living planet draws its …