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Definition of Flavones
1. flavone [n] - See also: flavone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flavones
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, ..."