The Science of Flavonoids

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Grotewold, Erich (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.

Despite the historical significance of flavonoids and their pigments in establishing the basis for modern genetics, research in this large group of secondary metabolites continues to be more intense than ever. With an impressive knowledge already available on the chemistry and the biosynthesis of fl...

Table of Contents:

• The Stereochemistry of Flavonoids
• Isolation and Identification of Flavonoids
• The Biosynthesis of Flavonoids
• The Regulation of Flavonoid Biosynthesis
• Transport of Flavonoids: From Cytosolic Synthesis to Vacuolar Accumulation
• Flavonoid Pigments as Tools in Molecular Genetics
• The Evolution of Flavonoids and Their Genes
• Flavonoids as Nutraceuticals
• Flavonoids as Signal Molecules: Targets of Flavonoid Action.