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Structure of Flavonoids
The flavonoids are polyphenolic
compounds possessing 15 carbon atoms;
two benzene rings joined by a linear
three-carbon chain, thus flavonoids are
diphenylpropanoid-derivatives.
The skeletons above, can be represented as the C - C -
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C system.
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