Flavonoids (or bioflavonoids) (from the Latin word flavus meaning yellow, their color in nature) are a class of plant secondary metabolites. Flavonoids were referred to as Vitamin P (probably because of the effect they had on the permeability of vascular capillaries) from the mid-1930s to early 50s, but the term has since fallen out of use. Chemic...
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any of a class of nonnitrogenous biological pigments (biochromes) that includes the anthocyanins and the anthoxanthins. Extensively represented in ... [3 related articles]
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A member of a group of substances found in many plants and plant-based foods. Flavonoids have shown antioxidant effects.
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Any number of compounds, including plant pigments, related to or similar in chemical structure to flavone C15H10O2.
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flavonoid Any of a group of compounds containing a characteristic aromatic trimeric heterocyclic nucleus, usually occurring in glycosidic form and widely distributed in plants, often as a pigment. A subgroup with biological activity in mammals is termed the bioflavonoids.
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