flavone

thumb|Molecular structure of the flavone backbone with numbers

Research

19,098 papers

Flavones and flavone synthases.Phytochemistry · 2005
Plant flavone Chrysin as an emerging histone deacetylase inhibitor for prosperous epigenetic-based anticancer therapy.Phytotherapy research : PTR · 2021
Neuroprotective effects of flavone luteolin in neuroinflammation and neurotrauma.BioFactors (Oxford, England) · 2021
Report on the mutagenicity of flavone derivatives and their contribution to advancing scientific knowledge.Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences · 2024
Eggerthella lenta down regulated flavone and flavonol biosynthesis promoted Kawasaki disease.Virulence · 2025

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Commons category: Flavones
canonical SMILES: O1C2=C(C(C(=C1C3=C(C(=C(C(=C3*)*)*)*)*)*)=O)C(=C(C(=C2*)*)*)*
SMARTS notation: *-[#6]-1=[#6](-[#8]-c2c(-*)c(-*)c(-*)c(-*)c2-[#6]-1=O)-c1c(-*)c(-*)c(-*)c(-*)c1-*

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Contents

Intake and elimination
Drug interactions
Biosynthesis
Organic chemistry
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Common flavones
Research
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thumb|Molecular structure of the flavone backbone with numbers

Flavones (from Latin flavus "yellow") are a class of flavonoids based on the backbone of 2-phenylchromen-4-one (2-phenyl-1-benzopyran-4-one) (as shown in the first image of this article).