Progress of effects of light on plant flavonoids

As an important secondary metabolites of medicinal plant, flavonoids plays a very important role on itself including light protection and antioxidant. Light is one of the important environmental factors which impacts the secondary metabolites of plant and has a significant impact on biological synth...

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Published inZhongguo zhongyao zazhi Vol. 41; no. 21; p. 3897
Main Authors Pan, Jun-Qian, Tong, Xi-Ran, Guo, Bao-Lin
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.11.2016
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Acyltransferases - metabolism
Antioxidants
Flavonoids - biosynthesis
Light
Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase - metabolism
Plants, Medicinal - chemistry
Plants, Medicinal - radiation effects
Secondary Metabolism
PAL
light quality
light intensity
flavonoids
CHS
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Summary:As an important secondary metabolites of medicinal plant, flavonoids plays a very important role on itself including light protection and antioxidant. Light is one of the important environmental factors which impacts the secondary metabolites of plant and has a significant impact on biological synthesis of flavonoids. This paper reviews the recent progress of the effects of light on flavonoids on the plants focusing from light intensity and light quality, and summarizes briefly functions of the phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) in plant secondary metabolism and the upstream key enzyme chalcone synthase (CHS) in flavonoid biosynthetic pathway.
ISSN:1001-5302
DOI:10.4268/cjcmm20162103