Flavonoids occur widely in plants and are a biologically major and chemically diverse group
of secondary metabolites that can be divided into subgroups including anthocyanidins …

The roles of flavonoids in plant defence against pathogens, herbivores, and environmental
stress are reviewed and their significant contribution to plant resistance is discussed. The …

Phenolic secondary metabolites are often thought to protect plants against attack by
microbes, but their role in defense against pathogen infection in woody plants has not been …

Flavonoids are a diverse group of secondary metabolites with a wide range of roles in
mechanisms relating to UV protection, insect attraction, pathogen defense, symbiosis …

Background In trees, secondary metabolites (SMs) are essential for determining the
effectiveness of defence systems against fungi and why defences are sometimes breached …

Flavan-3-ols including the monomeric catechin and the polymeric proanthocyanidins (PAs)
are abundant phenolic metabolites in poplar (Populus spp.) previously described to protect …

Verticillium dahliae colonizes vascular tissue and causes vascular discoloration in
susceptible hosts. Two well-defined races exist in V. dahliae populations from tomato and …

Flavonoids are main class of secondary metabolites and occur in different tissues and
organs in diverse plant species. The higher accumulation of flavonoids in a wide variety of …

Background: Numerous epidemiological studies have demonstrated the association
between (poly) phenol-rich foods and human health. Growing consumer knowledge of the …

Two species of neotropical bracken, Pteridium caudatum (L.) Maxon (Pc) and P.
arachnoideum (Kaulf.)(Pa), thrive dominantly in habitats extending from near the sea level to …