Despite the well known fact that photolysis of free phenolic catechins give rise to isomerisation at the C-2 position (e.g. (-)-cis epicatechin converts to the sterically less hindered (-)-trans isomer), researchers have ...

English: Flavonoids and isoflavonoids are known to exhibit many important physiological properties and are especially promising candidates for cancer chemoprevention. Similar to most natural products, studies directed at ...

English: Anthocyanins belong to a large group of secondary plant metabolites, the flavonoids, and fulfil a range of biological functions that include the cyanic pigmentation they provide to flowers, fruits, vegetables and ...

Since the introduction of synthetic analogues in both the health-related and cosmetic industry, a new generation has emerged in search of beneficial bioactivity compounds. This generation of “natural and green” focuses ...

English: The phenolic content of the heartwood of Peltophorum africanum (African wattle) and Burkea africanum (Red syringa) proved to contain a variety of compounds including the novel 4-arylflavan-3-ol lactones, ...

English: Scilla natalensis planch (Hyacinthaceae), commonly known as Wild squill, Blue squill, Blue hyacinth, Blouberglelie, Blouslangkop, Inguduza, is one of the plants that are widely used in traditional medicines and ...

English: The in vitro studies of biologically active flavonoids are hampered by the inaccessibility of all monomeric units in enantiomerically pure form. Although a number of these scalemic flavonoids can be obtained ...

English: The profisetinidins are an important class of condensed tannins, or proanthocyanidins. Historically, studies towards the structure and conformation of proanthocyanidins were done on their peracetate and permethyl ...

English: Berchemia zeyheri is known for its unique red heartwood, a property that was probably responsible for the first phytochemical investigation into the flavonoid content of this tree. The heartwood contains a unique ...

English: Pterocarpans, representing the second largest group of natural isoflavonoids, have received considerable interest on account of their medicinal properties over the last few years. These phytoalexins not only ...