Flavonoids are secondary metabolites that accumulate in most plant seeds and are involved
in physiological functions such as dormancy or viability. This review presents a current view …

Proanthocyanidins (PA), also known as condensed tannins, belong to the oldest of plant
secondary metabolites. These compounds are widespread in woody plants, but are also …

A protocol using HCl‐acidified 4‐dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde (DMACA) was developed
for screening proanthocyanidins (PA) in plants. Individual PA‐containing cells could be …

Phenolic compounds that are present in the testa interfere with the physiology of seed
dormancy and germination. We isolated a recessive Arabidopsis mutant with pale brown …

A rapid and substantial progress to a broad understanding of flavonoid biosynthesis marked
the previous reviews of this series of books (Hahlbrock and Grisebach, 1975; Ebel and …

The anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin (PA) biosynthetic pathways share common
intermediates until leucocyanidin, which may be used by leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase …

Functional characterization of genes involved in the flavonoid metabolism and its regulation
requires in-depth analysis of flavonoid structure and composition of seed from the model …

The current chapter follows on from those of the three previous editions of The Flavonoids
(Haslam, 1975, 1982; Porter, 1988) and will follow closely the format of the 1988 chapter …

Leaves of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) contain extraordinary large amounts of (−)-
epigallocatechin,(−)-epicatechin,(+)-gallocatechin, and (+)-catechin and derivatives of these …

Proanthocyanidins (PAs) are natural polymers of flavan-3-ols, commonly (+)-catechin and
(−)-epicatechin. However, exactly how PA oligomerization proceeds is poorly understood …