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Ultraviolet-b Radiation: A Potent Regulator Of Flavonoids Biosynthesis, Accumulation And Functions In Plants


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1 Laboratory of Air Pollution and Global Climate Change, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India
 

Flavonoids represent a diverse group of polyphenolic secondary metabolites which are distributed amongst most of the plant species. Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation is one of the important environmental regulators which governs the flavonoids biosynthesis at the transcriptional level. It is important to find out the role played by UV-B radiation in regulation of flavonoids biosynthesis and function under UV-B stress conditions in plants. This article summarizes the existing knowledge on the regulatory role of UV-B radiation on flavonoids biosynthesis and its accumulation trends in plants; further it discusses the diverse functions of flavonoids under the influence of UV-B radiation in plants.

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Flavonoids, Plant Species, Potent Regulator, Reactive Oxygen Species, Ultraviolet-b Radiation.
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Authors

Avantika Pandey
Laboratory of Air Pollution and Global Climate Change, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India
Shashi Bhushan Agrawal
Laboratory of Air Pollution and Global Climate Change, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India

Abstract


Flavonoids represent a diverse group of polyphenolic secondary metabolites which are distributed amongst most of the plant species. Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation is one of the important environmental regulators which governs the flavonoids biosynthesis at the transcriptional level. It is important to find out the role played by UV-B radiation in regulation of flavonoids biosynthesis and function under UV-B stress conditions in plants. This article summarizes the existing knowledge on the regulatory role of UV-B radiation on flavonoids biosynthesis and its accumulation trends in plants; further it discusses the diverse functions of flavonoids under the influence of UV-B radiation in plants.

Keywords


Flavonoids, Plant Species, Potent Regulator, Reactive Oxygen Species, Ultraviolet-b Radiation.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv119%2Fi2%2F176-185