Phenolic compounds are essential for plant development and play an important role in their
defense mechanisms, along with flavonoids, which have important biological activities and …

Flavonoids are phenolic substances isolated from a wide range of vascular plants, with over
8000 individual compounds known. They act in plants as antioxidants, antimicrobials …

The interest in possible health benefits of flavonoids has increased owing to their potent
antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities observed in vitro. Nevertheless, the …

Publisher Summary Flavonoids are a group of naturally occurring, low molecular weight
polyphenols of plant origin, which formally should be considered as benzo-γ-pyrone …

In order to ascertain the role of dietary flavonoids as antioxidants in vivo it is necessary to
understand the chemical nature of the absorbed forms in the circulation in vivo and how the …

Flavonoids are a large group of polyphenolic compounds that occur commonly in plants.
This group contains more than 8000 known compounds, and this number is constantly …

Flavonoids are secondary metabolites in plants that show some desirable characteristics.
These compounds can be grouped in different classes on the basis of their basic structure. It …

Flavonoids are low molecular weight, polyphenolic compounds present in majority of
vascular plants, possessing many therapeutic activities vis a vis antioxidant activity. The …

Flavonoids are powerful antioxidants in vitro, but their overall functions in vivo have yet to be
clarified, whether antioxidant, antiinflammatory, enzyme inhibitor or inducer, or some other …

Many studies are accumulating that report the neuroprotective, cardioprotective, and
chemopreventive actions of dietary flavonoids. While there has been a major focus on the …