aurone metabolic process

Term ID

GO:0051550

Synonyms

• aurone metabolism
• benzalcoumaran-3-one metabolic process
• benzalcoumaran-3-one metabolism

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving aurones, a series of plant flavonoids that provide a yellow colour to flowers. They have the basic skeletal structure of two benzene rings joined by a linear C3 chain (C6-C3-C6). Aurones exist mostly as 6-O-glucosides. 20035037

References

Ontology

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