Flavonoids: Synthesis and biological activities

Abstract

Flavonoid, the biggest class of secondary metabolite, are are found in vegetable, parsley, fruits, and wine. They are divided into distinct subgroups such as flavanols or catechins, flavones, flavanonols, flavanones, and anthocyanins. Flavonoids performs various protective functions against several herbivore, insectivores, and microbes. Some of the flavonoids such ascampothecin and vincristine are approved as anticancer drug. In the present chapter, we focused on different group of flavonoids and their potential functional relationship with the environment and disease. ? 2018 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.