Flavanone

The flavanones, a type of flavonoids, are various aromatic, colorless ketones derived from flavone that often occur in plants as glycosides.

List of flavanones

 * Blumeatin
 * Butin
 * Dichamanetin
 * Eriodictyol
 * Hesperetin
 * Hesperidin
 * Homoeriodictyol
 * Isosakuranetin
 * Naringenin
 * Naringin
 * Pinocembrin
 * Poncirin
 * Sakuranetin
 * Sakuranin
 * Sterubin
 * Pinostrobin

Metabolism
The enzyme chalcone isomerase uses a chalcone-like compound to produce a flavanone.

Flavanone 4-reductase is an enzyme that uses (2S)-flavan-4-ol and NADP+ to produce (2S)-flavanone, NADPH, and H+.

Synthesis
Numerous methods exist for the enantioselective chemical and biochemical synthesis of flavanones and related compounds.