Homoisoflavonoid

Chemical structure of the 3,4-dihydroxyhomoisoflavan sappanol

Homoisoflavonoids (3-benzylidenechroman-4-ones) are a type of phenolic compounds occurring naturally[1] in plants.

Chemically, they have the general structure of a 16-carbon skeleton, which consists of two phenyl rings (A and B) and heterocyclic ring (C).

  1. ^ Roshanak Namdar and Shohreh Nafisi (December 2013). Study on the interaction of homoisoflavonoids with nucleic acids Comparative study by spectroscopic methods. Lap Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH KG. ISBN 978-3-659-49924-1.