The flavanones, a type of flavonoids, are various aromatic, colorless ketones derived from flavone that often occur in plants as glycosides.

List of flavanones

• Blumeatin

• Butin

• Dichamanetin

• Eriodictyol

• Hesperetin

• Hesperidin

• Homoeriodictyol

• Isosakuranetin

• Kolaflavanone

• Naringenin

• Naringin

• Pinocembrin

• Poncirin

• Sakuranetin

• Sakuranin

• Sterubin

• Pinostrobin

Metabolism

The enzyme chalcone isomerase uses a chalcone-like compound to produce a flavanone.

Flavanone 4-reductase is an enzyme that uses (2S)-flavan-4-ol and NADP+ to produce (2S)-flavanone, NADPH, and H+.

Synthesis

Numerous methods exist for the enantioselective chemical and biochemical synthesis of flavanones and related compounds.

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