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  • noun Plural form of flavenoid.

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Examples

  • A type of pigment in apples called flavenoids also has been shown to help prevent heart disease.

    Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News 2008

  • A type of pigment in apples called flavenoids also has been shown to help prevent heart disease.

    Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News 2008

  • If you store it longer than four days after you buy it, these carotenoids, flavenoids, and folate levels plummet, turning it into a wimpier green.

    You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009

  • If you store it longer than four days after you buy it, these carotenoids, flavenoids, and folate levels plummet, turning it into a wimpier green.

    You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009

  • If you store it longer than four days after you buy it, these carotenoids, flavenoids, and folate levels plummet, turning it into a wimpier green.

    You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009

  • Citrus fruit: The National Cancer Institute has called the orange the “complete package of every class of natural anticancer inhibitor known, including carotenoids, terpenes, flavenoids and vitamin C.”

    Anti-ageing Foods 2009

  • Green leafy and colorful vegetables contain a lot of flavenoids and carotenoids.

    Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and breast milk | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007

  • I struggle with being told that bad foods are "good" because they contain flavenoids or other goodies in them, when the message about the accompanying fat and sugar is conveniently overlooked by marketers.

    Diet of the Future 2006

  • Pomegranate has strong anti-oxidant called as flavenoids.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • One medium apple also provides 15 percent of the daily requirements of vitamin C, fiber and a host of bone-building minerals, polyphenols and flavenoids, according to Vivian Goldschmidt, MA. No wonder Eve stood so tall and straight in the Garden of Eden.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010

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