Maize Flavonoid Biosynthesis, Regulation, and Human Health Relevance: A Review.

ABSTRACT: Maize is one of the most important crops for human and animal consumption and contains a chemical arsenal essential for survival: flavonoids. Moreover, flavonoids are well known for their beneficial effects on human health. In this review, we decided to organize the information about maize flavonoids into three sections. In the first section, we include updated information about the enzymatic pathway of maize flavonoids. We describe a total of twenty-one genes for the flavonoid pathway of maize. The first three genes participate in the general phenylpropanoid pathway. Four genes are common biosynthetic early genes for flavonoids, and fourteen are specific genes for the flavonoid subgroups, the anthocyanins, and flavone C-glycosides. The second section explains the tissue accumulation and r

SUBMITTER: Peniche-Pavia HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9413827 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature