27ROLE OF FLAVONOIDS IN STRESS DISORDERSStress is a fact of everyday life. When people reach out for help, they are often dealing with circumstances, situations, and stressors in their lives that leave them feeling emotionally and physically overwhelmed. Stress is the body‟s reaction to a change that requires a physical, mental or emotional adjustment or response. Flavonoids: Common plant pigment compounds that acts as antioxidants, enhance the effects of vitmin C, and strengthen connective tissue around capillaries. Mechanism of flavonoids as antioxidants: Flavonoids are powerful antioxidants against free radicals and are described as free-radical scavengers. Oxidative stress is involved in diverse pathologies, including the spectrums of inflammatory, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disease. Green and black tea drinking (rich in a class of flavonoids named catechins) may help protect the aging brain and reduce the incidence of dementia like Alzheimer´s disease (AD) and Parkinson´s disease (PD). Flavonoids in treatment of CVS Studies ensure that long-term administration of flavonoids can decrease, or tend to decrease the incidence of cardiovascular diseases and their consequences. Flavonoids in treatment of memory cognition: Historically, the biological actions of flavonoids to their ability to exert antioxidant actions. Thus Flavonoids are the beneficiary aspect in our life and plays a major keyeshwar0808@gmail.comReview322013Flavonoids,Catechins,Antioxidants,Cardiovascular systemEswar Kumar A,T. Karunakar,K.Naresh,Rohan,RohanPalamuru University, Mahabubnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India.,Dhanvanthri College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mahabubnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India.,Palamuru University, Mahabubnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India.,Palamuru University, Mahabubnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India.,Smt.Sarojini Rammulamma College of Pharmacy, Mahabubnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India.