Flavonoids as anti-inflammatory agents: Implications in cancer and cardiovascular disease

Inflammation Research

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 537-552

  García Lafuente, Ana ^a   Guillamón, Eva ^a   Villares, Ana ^a   Rostagno, Mauricio A ^a   Martínez, José Alfredo ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Flavonoids; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; APIGENIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GENISTEIN; HESPERETIN; HESPERIDIN; ICOSANOID; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; MORIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RUTOSIDE;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASM; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASMS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHYTOTHERAPY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 68449103573     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: 1420908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00011-009-0037-3     Document Type: Review

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