The Flavonoids

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Isolation Techniques for Flavonoids

   • Ken. R. Markham

   Pages 1-44

3. Ultraviolet-Visible and Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Flavonoids

   • Ken. R. Markham, Tom. J. Mabry

   Pages 45-77

4. Mass Spectrometry of Flavonoids

   • Tom J. Mabry, Ken R. Markham

   Pages 78-126

5. Synthesis of Flavonoids

   • Hildebert Wagner, Loránd Farkas

   Pages 127-213

6. The Anthocyanins

   • C. F. Timberlake, P. Bridle

   Pages 214-266

7. Flavones

   • K. Venkataraman

   Pages 267-295

8. Flavonols

   • Otto Richard Gottlieb

   Pages 296-375

9. Flavone and Flavonol Glycosides

   • Jeffrey B. Harborne, Christine A. Williams

   Pages 376-441

10. Chalcones, Aurones and Dihydrochalcones

    • Bruce A. Bohm

    Pages 442-504

11. Natural Proanthocyanidins

    • E. Haslam

    Pages 505-559

12. Flavanones and Dihydroflavonols

    • Bruce A. Bohm

    Pages 560-631

13. C-Glycosylflavonoids

    • J. Chopin, M. L. Bouillant

    Pages 632-691

14. Biflavonoids

    • Hans Geiger, Christopher Quinn

    Pages 692-742

15. The Isoflavonoids

    • E. Wong

    Pages 743-800

16. Neoflavanoids

    • Dervilla M. X. Donnelly

    Pages 801-865

17. Biosynthesis of Flavonoids

    • Klaus Hahlbrock, Hans Grisebach

    Pages 866-915

18. Metabolism of Flavonoids

    • Wolfgang Barz, Wolfgang Hösel

    Pages 916-969

19. Physiology and Functions of Flavonoids

    • Jerry W. McClure

    Pages 970-1055

20. The Biochemical Systematics of Flavonoids

    • J. B. Harborne

    Pages 1056-1095

The flavonoids, one of the most numerous and widespread groups of natural constituents, are important to man not only because they contribute to plant colour but also because many members (e.g. coumestrol, phloridzin, rotenone) are physiologically active. Nearly two thousand substances have been described and as a group they are universally distributed among vascular plants. Although the anthocyanins have an undisputed function as plant pigments, the raison d'etre for the more widely distributed colourless flavones and flavonols still remains a mystery. It is perhaps the challenge of discovering these yet undisc10sed functions which has caused the considerable resurgence of interest in flavonoids during the last decade. This book attempts to summarize progress that has been made in the study of these constituents since the first comprehensive monograph on the chemistry of the flavonoid compounds was published, under the editorship of T. A. Geissman, in 1962. The present volume is divided into three parts. The first section (Chapters 1-4) deals with advances in chemistry, the main emphasis being on spectral techniques to take into account the re cent successful applications of NMR and mass spectral measurements to structural identifications. Recent developments in isolation techniques and in synthesis are also covered in this section. Advances in chemical knowledge of individual c1asses of flavonoid are mentioned inter aha in later chapters of the book.

• chemistry
• development
• evolution
• metabolism
• physiology
• plant
• plants
• spectroscopy
• synthesis
• systematics

• University of Reading, UK

  J. B. Harborne

• Department of Botany, University of Texas at Austin, USA

  T. J. Mabry, Helga Mabry

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