Definition of Flavones

1. Noun. (plural of flavone) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flavones

1. flavone [n] - See also: flavone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flavones

flavivirus
flavivirus infections
flaviviruses
flavobacteria
flavobacterium
flavodoxin
flavodoxins
flavoenzyme
flavoenzymes
flavokinase
flavokinases
flavol
flavon
flavone
flavone 7-O-beta-glucosyltransferase
flavones (current term)
flavonoid
flavonoid 3'-monooxygenase
flavonoids
flavonol
flavonol 2'-O-glucosyltransferase
flavonol 3-O-glucosyltransferase
flavonol 3-sulfotransferase
flavonol 4'-sulfotransferase
flavonol synthase
flavonolignan
flavonolignans
flavonols
flavons
flavopiridol

Literary usage of Flavones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemistry of Dye-stuffs by Georg von Georgievics (1903)
"flavones. The above name was first introduced into chemical literature in 1895, being then proposed by St. von Kostanecki to denote a system of atomic ..."

2. An Introduction to the Chemistry of Plant Products by Paul Haas, Thomas George Hill (1917)
"flavones AND XANTHONES. Under the headings of flavones and Xanthones (two words derived from the Latin and Greek for yellow) are included a number of yellow ..."

3. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1920)
"The Anthocyanins and the flavones. It may be of interest to point out the similarity in structure which can be traced between the flower pigments and the ..."

4. Carotinoids and Related Pigments: The Chromolipoids by Leroy Sheldon Palmer (1922)
"A much larger number of flavones are known, all of which are characterized ... Besides the xanthones and flavones other yellow pigments are found in plant ..."

5. The Simple Carbohydrates and the Glucosides by Edward Frankland Armstrong (1919)
"The same observers have examined the leaves, flowers, bark, wood, etc., of over 240 species of tropical plants and find that flavones were invariably ..."

6. Colour in Relation to Chemical Constitution by Edwin Roy Watson (1918)
"They have almost the same molecular weight as the flavones, and there is considerable resemblance in their structure ; but they conform to this rule, ..."

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