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Flavonoids as Important Molecules of Plant Interactions with the Environment
Flavonoids are small molecular secondary metabolites synthesized by plants with various biological activities. Due to their physical and biochemical properties, they are capable of participating in plants’ interactions with other organisms (microorganisms, animals and other plants) and their reactio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6270724/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25310150 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules191016240 |
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author | Mierziak, Justyna Kostyn, Kamil Kulma, Anna |
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description | Flavonoids are small molecular secondary metabolites synthesized by plants with various biological activities. Due to their physical and biochemical properties, they are capable of participating in plants’ interactions with other organisms (microorganisms, animals and other plants) and their reactions to environmental stresses. The majority of their functions result from their strong antioxidative properties. Although an increasing number of studies focus on the application of flavonoids in medicine or the food industry, their relevance for the plants themselves also deserves extensive investigations. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the functions of flavonoids in the physiology of plants and their relations with the environment. |
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spelling | pubmed-62707242018-12-27 Flavonoids as Important Molecules of Plant Interactions with the Environment Mierziak, Justyna Kostyn, Kamil Kulma, Anna Molecules Review Flavonoids are small molecular secondary metabolites synthesized by plants with various biological activities. Due to their physical and biochemical properties, they are capable of participating in plants’ interactions with other organisms (microorganisms, animals and other plants) and their reactions to environmental stresses. The majority of their functions result from their strong antioxidative properties. Although an increasing number of studies focus on the application of flavonoids in medicine or the food industry, their relevance for the plants themselves also deserves extensive investigations. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the functions of flavonoids in the physiology of plants and their relations with the environment. MDPI 2014-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6270724/ /pubmed/25310150 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules191016240 Text en © 2014 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Mierziak, Justyna Kostyn, Kamil Kulma, Anna Flavonoids as Important Molecules of Plant Interactions with the Environment |
title | Flavonoids as Important Molecules of Plant Interactions with the Environment |
title_full | Flavonoids as Important Molecules of Plant Interactions with the Environment |
title_fullStr | Flavonoids as Important Molecules of Plant Interactions with the Environment |
title_full_unstemmed | Flavonoids as Important Molecules of Plant Interactions with the Environment |
title_short | Flavonoids as Important Molecules of Plant Interactions with the Environment |
title_sort | flavonoids as important molecules of plant interactions with the environment |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6270724/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25310150 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules191016240 |
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