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Aurone are chemical compounds belonging to polyphenols. Aurones are plant flavonoids that provide yellow color to the flowers of some popular ornamental plants, such as snapdragon and cosmos.
In aurones, chalcone closes into a 5 instead of the 6 atoms ring (C ring) more typical of flavonoids.
Related compounds examples
- Aureusidin (molecular formula : C15H10O6, molar mass : 286.23 g/mol, exact mass : 286.047738, PubChem CID : 5281220)
- Sulfuretin (6,3',4'-Trihydroxyaurone)
- 4,5,6-Trihydroxy-aurone
- Leptosidin (formula : C16H12O6, exact mass : 300.063388116, molar mass : 300.26 g/mol) was the first aurone to be isolated in Coreopsis grandiflora by Geissman T.A. and Heaton C.D. in 1943
Metabolism
references
- ^ Specificity analysis and mechanism of aurone synthesis catalyzed by aureusidin synthase, a polyphenol oxidase homolog responsible for flower coloration. T. Nakayama, 2001
- Leptosidin on metabolomics.jp
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