Phenolic Compound

Phenols or phenolic compounds are organic compounds in which molecular structures contain at least one phenol group, an aromatic ring attached to at least one functional group. Many are classified as secondary metabolites of plants, those products biosynthesized in plants that possess the biological characteristic of being secondary products of their metabolism. In general they are synthesized by one of two biosynthetic pathways: the shikimic acid pathway or the malonic acid pathway (or both, for example the flavonoids).

Phenolic compounds in plants are a heterogeneous group of products with more than 10,000 compounds. Some are soluble in organic solvents, others are glycosides or carboxylic acids and therefore soluble in water, and others are very large and insoluble polymers.

This group also plays a very heterogeneous variety of roles in plants, roles that are generally attributed to plant by-products: many are herbivores and pathogens defense products, others provide mechanical support to the plant, others attract pollinators or fruit dispersers, some of them absorb ultraviolet radiation, or act as allelopathic agents (for example, they reduce the growth of competing plants that are nearby). Biosynthesis

Plant phenols are synthesized by many different pathways and therefore are also a metabolically heterogeneous group, but two basic pathways are involved: the shikimic acid pathway and the malonic acid pathway < / p> Classification

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