"Flavonoids: From Biosynthesis to Human Health" ed. by Goncalo C. Justino

This book reviews most of the well-established activities of flavonoids, and we also present more recent research studies on the area of flavonoids, including the chemical aspects of structure characterization of flavonoids, the biosynthesis of flavonoids in model plants as well as their role in abiotic stress situations and in agriculture, the role of flavonoids in metabolism and health and their importance in foods, from consumption to their use as bioactive components.

Flavonoids are abundant secondary metabolites found in plants and fungi that have various roles in these organisms, including pigmentation, cell signalling, plant defence and inter-organism communication. Due to their abundance in nature, flavonoids are also important components of the human diet, and the last four decades have seen an intense study focused on the structure characterization of flavonoids and on their roles in mammal metabolism.

Contents
1 Flavonoids: Classification, Biosynthesis and Chemical Ecology
2 Isolation and Structure Identification of Flavonoids
3 Isolation and Structure Characterization of Flavonoids
4 Isoflavonoids
5 Homoisoflavonoids from Caesalpinia spp.: A Closer Look at Chemical and Biological Aspects
6 Biocatalysis of Rutin Hexadecanedioate Derivatives: Effect of Operating Conditions on Acylation Performance and Selectivity
7 The Flavonol-Anthocyanin Pathway in Blackberry and Arabidopsis: State of the Art
8 Flavonoid Accumulation Behavior in Response to the Abiotic Stress: Can a Uniform Mechanism Be Illustrated for All Plants?
9 Biosynthesis and Biomimetic Synthesis of Flavonoid Diels-Alder Natural Products
10 Flavonoids in Agriculture
11 Antioxidant Capacity of Anthocyanin Pigments
12 New Insights Regarding the Potential Health Benefits of Isoflavones
13 Flavonoids: Anticancer Properties
14 Flavonoid Complexes as Promising Anticancer Metallodrugs
15 Flavonoid Actions on Receptors for the Inhibitory Neurotransmitter GABA
16 Flavonoids: Important Biocompounds in Food
17 An Overview of Global Flavonoid Intake and its Food Sources
18 Anthocyanin Profile of Red Maize Native from Mixteco Race and Their Antiproliferative Activity on Cell Line DU145
19 Flavonoid and Capsaicinoid Contents and Consumption of Mexican Chili Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Landraces
20 Onions: A Source of Flavonoids