Research Article
Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Effects of Flavonoids: A Structure-Activity Relationship Based Study
Table 4
Chemical structures and substituents of selected flavonoids.
| Class | Compound | Chemical structure | Substituents | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3′ | 4′ |
| Flavone | Wogonin | | H | OH | OH | OCH3 | H | H | Methyl ether (wogonin) | | H | OCH3 | OCH3 | OCH3 | H | H | Acetate (wogonin) | | H | CH3COO | CH3COO | OCH3 | H | H | Techtochrysin | | H | OH | OCH3 | H | H | H | 8-Hydroxy-7-methoxy flavone | | H | H | OCH3 | OH | H | H | Chrysin | | H | OH | OH | H | H | H | Norwogonin | | H | OH | OH | OH | H | H | Acetate (norwogonin) | | H | CH3COO | CH3COO | CH3COO | H | H | Isoscutellarein | | H | OH | OH | OH | H | OH | Hypolaetin | | H | OH | OH | OH | OH | OH |
| Flavonol | Kaempferol | | OH | OH | OH | H | H | OH | Quercetin | | OH | OH | OH | H | OH | OH |
| Flavanol | (+)-Catechin (2R,3S) | | β-OH | OH | OH | H | OH | OH | (−)-Epicatechin (2R,3R) | | α-OH | OH | OH | H | OH | OH |
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