Chemical and biological study of flavonoid-related plant pigment: current findings and beyond

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2024 Apr 17:zbae048. doi: 10.1093/bbb/zbae048. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFlavonoids are polyphenolic plant constituents. Anthocyanins are flavonoid pigments found in higher plants that show a wide variety of colors ranging from red through purple to blue. The blue color of the flowers is mostly attributed to anthocyanins. However, only a few types of anthocyanidin, chromophore of anthocyanin, exist in nature, and the extracted pigments are unstable with the color fading away. Therefore, the wide range and stable nature of colors in flowers has remained a mystery for more than a century. The mechanism underlying anthocyanin-induced flower coloration were studied using an inter-disciplinary method involving chemistry and biology. Furthermore, the chemical studies on flavonoid pigments in various edible plants, synthetic and biosynthetic studies on anthocyanins were conducted. The results of these studies have been outlined in this review.PMID:38632052 | DOI:10.1093/bbb/zbae048
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