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  • noun organic chemistry Any of a class of flavonoids that use the 2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-ol molecular skeleton

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Examples

  • Rich with a phytochemical called flavanol, found by a 2005 study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology to improve cardiovascular health, chocolate with at least 60% cocoa content should be a regular on your shopping list.

    Ten Foods You Should Be Eating 2010

  • This time they gave volunteers a piece of chocolate, and told them that an ingredient in cocoa, called flavanol, was known to enhance mental acuity.

    Wray Herbert: Why Fuzzy, Ambiguous Resolutions Work Best Wray Herbert 2010

  • Rich with a phytochemical called flavanol, found by a 2005 study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology to improve cardiovascular health, chocolate with at least 60% cocoa content should be a regular on your shopping list.

    Ten Foods You Should Be Eating 2010

  • Rich with a phytochemical called flavanol, found by a 2005 study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology to improve cardiovascular health, chocolate with at least 60% cocoa content should be a regular on your shopping list.

    Ten Foods You Should Be Eating 2010

  • This time they gave volunteers a piece of chocolate, and told them that an ingredient in cocoa, called flavanol, was known to enhance mental acuity.

    Wray Herbert: Why Fuzzy, Ambiguous Resolutions Work Best Wray Herbert 2010

  • Rich with a phytochemical called flavanol, found by a 2005 study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology to improve cardiovascular health, chocolate with at least 60% cocoa content should be a regular on your shopping list.

    Ten Foods You Should Be Eating 2010

  • In this study, greater reductions in LDL were observed in studies that administered less than 500 milligrams a day of flavanol, a subclass of flavonoids.

    Schooling Kids to Wash Hands Cuts Sick Days Ann Lukits 2011

  • Future studies should focus on the optimal daily dose of flavanol, researchers said.

    Schooling Kids to Wash Hands Cuts Sick Days Ann Lukits 2011

  • Company representatives Suzanne Stites, cocoa flavanol platform leader, and Howard-Yana Shapiro, global officer for plant science and external research, met me in Denver to talk about why Mars chose to expand the definition of a certification program - one that could be built throughout the world's largest cocoa growing areas of West Africa, East Asia and South America.

    Jerry Lewis: Mars Wants Sustainable Cocoa Certification to Include Productivity Jerry Lewis 2010

  • Company representatives Suzanne Stites, cocoa flavanol platform leader, and Howard-Yana Shapiro, global officer for plant science and external research, met me in Denver to talk about why Mars chose to expand the definition of a certification program - one that could be built throughout the world's largest cocoa growing areas of West Africa, East Asia and South America.

    Jerry Lewis: Mars Wants Sustainable Cocoa Certification to Include Productivity 2010

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