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SUBMITTER: Jiang N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4931407 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jiang Nan N Doseff Andrea I AI Grotewold Erich E
Plants (Basel, Switzerland) 20160621 2
Flavones correspond to a flavonoid subgroup that is widely distributed in the plants, and which can be synthesized by different pathways, depending on whether they contain C- or O-glycosylation and hydroxylated B-ring. Flavones are emerging as very important specialized metabolites involved in plant signaling and defense, as well as key ingredients of the human diet, with significant health benefits. Here, we appraise flavone formation in plants, emphasizing the emerging theme that biosynthesis ...[more]