The role of quercetin in plants

P Singh, Y Arif, A Bajguz, S Hayat - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Flavonoids are a special category of hydroxylated phenolic compounds having an aromatic
ring structure. Quercetin is aspecial subclass of flavonoid. It is a bioactive natural compound …

Role of phenylpropanoids and flavonoids in plant resistance to pests and diseases

ML Ramaroson, C Koutouan, JJ Helesbeux, V Le Clerc… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Phenylpropanoids and flavonoids are specialized metabolites frequently reported as
involved in plant defense to biotic or abiotic stresses. Their biosynthetic accumulation may …

Plant secondary metabolites produced in response to abiotic stresses has potential application in pharmaceutical product development

K Yeshi, D Crayn, E Ritmejerytė, P Wangchuk - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) are vital for human health and constitute the skeletal
framework of many pharmaceutical drugs. Indeed, more than 25% of the existing drugs …

Are flavonoids effective antioxidants in plants? Twenty years of our investigation

G Agati, C Brunetti, A Fini, A Gori, L Guidi, M Landi… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Whether flavonoids play significant antioxidant roles in plants challenged by photooxidative
stress of different origin has been largely debated over the last few decades. A critical review …

Flavonoids as antioxidants in plants: location and functional significance

G Agati, E Azzarello, S Pollastri, M Tattini - Plant science, 2012 - Elsevier
Stress-responsive dihydroxy B-ring-substituted flavonoids have great potential to inhibit the
generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reduce the levels of ROS once they are …

[HTML][HTML] Transparent, UV-blocking, and high barrier cellulose-based bioplastics with naringin as active food packaging materials

S Guzman-Puyol, J Hierrezuelo, JJ Benítez… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Free-standing, robust, and transparent bioplastics were obtained by blending cellulose and
naringin at different proportions. Optical, thermal, mechanical, antioxidant, and antimicrobial …

Plant glandular trichomes: natural cell factories of high biotechnological interest

A Huchelmann, M Boutry, C Hachez - Plant physiology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Multicellular glandular trichomes are epidermal outgrowths characterized by the presence of
a head made of cells that have the ability to secrete or store large quantities of specialized …

Flavonoids as antioxidants and developmental regulators: relative significance in plants and humans

C Brunetti, M Di Ferdinando, A Fini, S Pollastri… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Phenylpropanoids, particularly flavonoids have been recently suggested as playing primary
antioxidant functions in the responses of plants to a wide range of abiotic stresses …

Functional roles of flavonoids in photoprotection: new evidence, lessons from the past

G Agati, C Brunetti, M Di Ferdinando, F Ferrini… - Plant Physiology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
We discuss on the relative significance of different functional roles potentially served by
flavonoids in photoprotection, with special emphasis to their ability to scavenge reactive …

[HTML][HTML] Plant glandular trichomes as targets for breeding or engineering of resistance to herbivores

JJ Glas, BCJ Schimmel, JM Alba… - International journal of …, 2012 - mdpi.com
Glandular trichomes are specialized hairs found on the surface of about 30% of all vascular
plants and are responsible for a significant portion of a plant's secondary chemistry …