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Phytochemistry
; 70(17-18): 2040-6, 2009 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19837443
ABSTRACT
An investigation of the constituents in heartwood and resin of Prunus avium is reported. A mini-library of structurally diverse flavanones and flavones was screened for human cytochrome P450 1A1, 3A4 and 19 (aromatase) inhibition, and for antifungal activity against a panel of pathogenic fungi. The defensive role of these natural plant flavonoids as antifungal phytoalexins and phytoanticipins is discussed.