ABSTRACT

Flavonoids are a group of natural products isolated from a wide variety of plants, and are responsible for much of the coloring found in vascular plants. They exhibit a wide range of biological activities and are of particular interest as potential anti-cancer agents, as insect antifeedants, and as natural insecticides. The Flavonoids: Advances in Research Since 1986 is a self-contained account of this important group of plant products.

chapter 1|22 pages

The anthocyanins

ByDieter Strack, Victor Wray

chapter 2|33 pages

Flavans and proanthocyanidins

ByLawrence J. Porter

chapter 3|38 pages

C-Glycosylflavonoids

ByMaurice Jay

chapter 4|21 pages

Biflavonoids and triflavonoids

ByHans Geiger

chapter 5|122 pages

Isoflavonoids

ByPaul M. Dewick

chapter 6|20 pages

Neoflavonoids

ByDervilla M.X. Donnelly, Gerard Boland

chapter 7|77 pages

Flavones and flavonols

ByE. Wollenweber

chapter 8|49 pages

Flavone and flavonol glycosides

ByA. Williams Christine, B. Harborne Jeffrey

chapter 9|54 pages

The minor flavonoids

ByBruce A. Bohm

chapter 11|37 pages

Biosynthesis of flavonoids

ByWerner Heller, Gert Forkmann

chapter 12|28 pages

Genetics of flavonoids

ByGert Forkmann

chapter 13|24 pages

Flavonoids and flower colour

ByRaymond Brouillard, Olivier Dangles

chapter 14|30 pages

Flavonoids and insects

ByJeffrey B. Harborne, Renée J. Grayer