*Functional Foods - Phytochemicals and Health Promoting Potential*

#### **Figure 6.**

*The energy and distribution of HOMO and LUMO for coumestrol and its selected derivatives.*

clearly that all the compounds studied, pocess best electron-donating potential which is in good agreement with IP values. Even though 16-CH3 coumestrol showed high HOMO energy its lectron donating power is less due to the large band gap.
