Flavonoids: emerging trends and potential health benefits

Flavonoids are widely used in industry for the prevention of various diseases. In daily life we are directly in touch with flavonoids due to their presence in different beverages, fruits and vegetables. Flavonoids are mainly used as a coloring agent in plants, antioxidant and nutritional food for human. Flavonoids have explicit role in UV filtration, symbiotic nitrogen fixation and floral pigmentation. Flavonoids have potential for different biological activities like chelation of metals, decreasing platelets aggregation and cell signaling etc.