Flavonoids: Old and new aspects of a class of natural therapeutic drugs

Life Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 337-353

  Di Carlo, Giulia ^a   Mascolo, Nicola ^b   Izzo, Angelo A ^a   Capasso, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Antiallergic activity; Antihepatotoxic activity; Antiosteoporotic activity; Antitumor activity; Enzyme activity; Flavonoids

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; BAICALIN; CATECHIN; ENZYME; FLAVONOID; GENISTEIN; KAEMPFEROL; MYRICETIN; NARINGENIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; TAXIFOLIN;

ALLERGY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEART DISEASE; INTESTINE MOTILITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 0004580398     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(99)00120-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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