Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:72544
Name
flavonoids
Ontology
Synonyms
flavonoid
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Any organic molecular entity whose stucture is based on derivatives of a phenyl-substituted 1-phenylpropane possessing a C15 or C16 skeleton, or such a structure which is condensed with a C6-C3 lignan precursors. The term is a 'superclass' comprising all members of the classes of flavonoid, isoflavonoid, neoflavonoid, chalcones, dihydrochalcones, aurones, pterocarpan, coumestans, rotenoid, flavonolignan, homoflavonoid and flavonoid oligomers. Originally restricted to natural products, the term is also applied to synthetic compounds related to them. [source: unknown]
Comment
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Subset
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Parents of flavonoids (CHEBI:72544)
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flavonoids [is_a relation] is_a  organic molecular entity (CHEBI:50860)
flavonoids [is_a relation] is_a  oxygen molecular entity (CHEBI:25806)
Children of flavonoids (CHEBI:72544)
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flavonoid (CHEBI:47916) [is_a relation] is_a  flavonoids
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