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1、TheScienceofFlavonoidsTheScienceofFlavonoidsEditedbyErichGrotewoldTheOhioStateUniversityColumbus,Ohio,USAErichGrotewoldDepartmentofCellularandMolecularBiologyTheOhioStateUniversityColumbus,Ohio43210USAgrotewold.1@osu.eduThebackgroundofthecovercorrespondstotheaccumulationofflavono
2、lsintheplasmodesmataofArabidopsisrootcells,asvisualizedwithDBPA(providedbyDr.WendyPeer).ThestructurecorrespondstoamodeloftheArabidopsisF3'Henzyme(providedbyDr.BrendaWinkel).Thechemicalstructurecorrespondstodihydrokaempferol.LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2005934296ISBN-10:0-387-2
3、8821-XISBN-13:978-0387-28821-52006SpringerScienceBusinessMedia,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Thisworkmaynotbetranslatedorcopiedinwholeorinpartwithoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher(SpringerScienceBusinessMedia,Inc.,233SpringStreet,NewYork,NY10013,USA),exceptforbriefexcerptsinconnec
4、tionwithreviewsorscholarlyanalysis.Useinconnectionwithanyformofinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdevelopedisforbidden.Theuseinthispublicationoftradenames,trademarks,servicemarksandsimilarterms
5、,eveniftheyarenotidentifiedassuch,isnottobetakenasanexpressionofopinionastowhetherornottheyaresubjecttoproprietaryrights.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica(BS/DH)987654321springeronline.comPREFACEThereisnodoubtthatamongthelargenumberofnaturalproductsofplantorigin,debatablycalledsec
6、ondarymetabolitesbecausetheirimportancetotheeco-physiologyoftheorganismsthataccumulatethemwasnotinitiallyrecognized,flavonoidsplayacentralrole.Thesecompoundsandtheirderivedpigmentshavecontributedtoshapingourknowledgeofmoderngenetics,providingcolorfultoolstoinvestigateanumberofcen
7、tralplantproblems,includingthebiologyoftransposons,theregulationofgeneexpression,genesilencing,andtheorganizationofmetabolicpathways.Thelegacyleftbyseveraloutstandingchemistswhohavedevotedtheirlivestotheunderstandingofthechemistryofflavonoidsisbeingcarriedbyagrowingnumberofscient
8、istswhotakeinterdisciplinaryapproachesto