FLAVANOID BIOSYNTHESIS

Dr. Md. Rageeb Md. Usman

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacognosy

Smt. Sharadchandrika Suresh Patil

College of Pharmacy, Chopda,
Maharashtra, India
Shikimate + 3 acetates = flavanones

Cause bitter tastes in plants,

especially polymerized tannins;
deter feeding by herbivores

Originally sunscreens?..

Derived compounds are

responsible for much of plant
color (anthocyanins)
(photosynthesis)

Polysaccharides
Glycosides
Nucleic Acids
phosphoenol
pyruvate Shikimate pathway
Aromatic Compounds
Lignans
Shikimate
aromatic amino acids
Alkaloids (2)
pyruvate aliphatic amino acids
Peptides
CITRIC Penicillins
acetyl ACID
CoA CH3COSCoA CYCLE Cyclic Peptides

CH3COSCoA

-O
2CCH2COSCoA CH3COCH2COSCoA
CH3COSCoA

CH3COSCoA
Isoprenoids (terpenes,
steroids, carotenoids)
mevalonate
Polyketides, Fatty Acids, Prostaglandins