Term Name: | flavonoid |
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Synonyms: | 2-aryl-1-benzopyran, 2-aryl-1-benzopyrans, flavonoid, flavonoids |
Definition: | Any member of the 'superclass' flavonoids whose skeleton is based on 1-benzopyran with an aryl substituent at position 2. The term was originally restricted to natural products, but is now also used to describe semi-synthetic and fully synthetic compounds. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:47916] ( EBI ) |