Flavanone

In today's world, Flavanone is a topic that has gained great relevance and has become a matter of interest to both experts and the general public. Since its emergence, Flavanone has sparked constant debate, generating conflicting opinions and triggering a series of investigations and analyzes in various fields. This article aims to thoroughly address this topic and analyze its importance, impact and relevance in today's society. Along these lines, different perspectives and arguments related to Flavanone will be explored, in order to provide a broad and enriching vision of this issue that is so relevant today.

Flavanone skeleton with locants

The flavanones, a type of flavonoids, are various aromatic, colorless ketones derived from flavone that often occur in plants as glycosides.[1][2]

List of flavanones

Metabolism

The enzyme chalcone isomerase uses a chalcone-like compound to produce a flavanone.

Flavanone 4-reductase is an enzyme that uses (2S)-flavan-4-ol and NADP+ to produce (2S)-flavanone, NADPH, and H+.

Synthesis

Numerous methods exist for the enantioselective chemical and biochemical synthesis of flavanones and related compounds.[3]

References

  1. ^ "flavanone". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ^ "flavanones", Webster's New World College Dictionary (Fifth ed.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2014, retrieved 17 July 2017 – via YourDictionary.com
  3. ^ Nibbs, AE; Scheidt, KA (2012). "Asymmetric Methods for the Synthesis of Flavanones, Chromanones, and Azaflavanones". European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2012 (3): 449–462. doi:10.1002/ejoc.201101228. PMC 3412359. PMID 22876166.