Ecological meaning of some phenolic compounds for plants

• Anthocyanes, Chalcones, Aurones, Yellow flavonoids, and Flavones


  Flower pigments
• Antocyanines, Isoflavones, and Chalcones


  Fruit pigments
• Quinones, Phenols, Phenolcarboxylic acids, and Hydrocinnamic acids


  Allelopathic substances
• Quinones, Tannines, and Flavonols


  Protection against pests
• Isoflavones, Phenolcarboxylic acids, and Dihydrochalcones


  Fungicides
• Stilbens, Phenylanthrenes, Isoflavones, Pterocarpens, Phenylpropanoids, and Fucocoumarins


  Phytoalexines