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Flavonoid Functions in Plants and Their Interactions with Other Organisms
Flavonoids are structurally diverse secondary metabolites in plants, with a multitude of functions. These span from functions in regulating plant development, pigmentation, and UV protection, to an array of roles in defence and signalling between plants and microorganisms. Because of their prevalenc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6027123/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29614017 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants7020030 |
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description | Flavonoids are structurally diverse secondary metabolites in plants, with a multitude of functions. These span from functions in regulating plant development, pigmentation, and UV protection, to an array of roles in defence and signalling between plants and microorganisms. Because of their prevalence in the human diet, many flavonoids constitute important components of medicinal plants and are used in the control of inflammation and cancer prevention. Advances in the elucidation of flavonoid biosynthesis and its regulation have led to an increasing number of studies aimed at engineering the flavonoid pathway for enhancing nutritional value and plant defences against pathogens and herbivores, as well as modifying the feeding value of pastures. Many future opportunities await for the exploitation of this colourful pathway in crops, pastures, and medicinal plants. |
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spelling | pubmed-60271232018-07-13 Flavonoid Functions in Plants and Their Interactions with Other Organisms Mathesius, Ulrike Plants (Basel) Editorial Flavonoids are structurally diverse secondary metabolites in plants, with a multitude of functions. These span from functions in regulating plant development, pigmentation, and UV protection, to an array of roles in defence and signalling between plants and microorganisms. Because of their prevalence in the human diet, many flavonoids constitute important components of medicinal plants and are used in the control of inflammation and cancer prevention. Advances in the elucidation of flavonoid biosynthesis and its regulation have led to an increasing number of studies aimed at engineering the flavonoid pathway for enhancing nutritional value and plant defences against pathogens and herbivores, as well as modifying the feeding value of pastures. Many future opportunities await for the exploitation of this colourful pathway in crops, pastures, and medicinal plants. MDPI 2018-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6027123/ /pubmed/29614017 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants7020030 Text en © 2018 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Editorial Mathesius, Ulrike Flavonoid Functions in Plants and Their Interactions with Other Organisms |
title | Flavonoid Functions in Plants and Their Interactions with Other Organisms |
title_full | Flavonoid Functions in Plants and Their Interactions with Other Organisms |
title_fullStr | Flavonoid Functions in Plants and Their Interactions with Other Organisms |
title_full_unstemmed | Flavonoid Functions in Plants and Their Interactions with Other Organisms |
title_short | Flavonoid Functions in Plants and Their Interactions with Other Organisms |
title_sort | flavonoid functions in plants and their interactions with other organisms |
topic | Editorial |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6027123/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29614017 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants7020030 |
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