The creation and physiological relevance of divergent hydroxylation patterns in the flavonoid pathway

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 595-621

  Halbwirth, Heidi ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

2 oxoglutarate Fe(II) dependent dioxygenase; Chalcone; Cytochrome P450 dependent monooxygenase; Flavonoid; Hydroxylation; Oxidoreductase; Plant

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXYANTHOCYANIDIN; 3 HYDROXYANTHOCYANIDIN; ANTHOCYANIN; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; DELPHINIDIN; EPICATECHIN; FLAVAN DERIVATIVE; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVANONE; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL; GOSSYPETIN; HYDROXYL GROUP; HYPOLAETIN; ISOFLAVONE; ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN; LIQUIRITIGENIN; LUTEOFOROL; LUTEOLIFLAVAN; NARINGENIN; PELARGONIDIN; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BINDING SITE; DRUG HYDROXYLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

2-OXOGLUTARATE-FE(II)-DEPENDENT DIOXYGENASE; CHALCONE; CYTOCHROME P450 DEPENDENT MONOOXYGENASE; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYLATION; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLANT;

ANTHOCYANINS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; FLAVONOIDS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYLATION; PLANTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 77649198461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms11020595     Document Type: Review

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