Mechanism of action of flavonoids as anti-inflammatory agents: A review

Inflammation and Allergy - Drug Targets

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-235

  Rathee, Permender ^a   Chaudhary, Hema ^a   Rathee, Sushila ^a   Rathee, Dharmender ^a   Kumar, Vikash ^a   Kohli, Kanchan ^a  

^a PDM College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Cyclooxygenase activity; Flavonoids; Inflammation; Lipoxygenases

Indexed keywords

AMENTOFLAVONE; ANTHOCYANIN; APIGENIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CURCUMIN; CYCLIC AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DIOSMIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; HESPERIDIN; HISTAMINE RELEASE INHIBITOR; HYDROCINNAMIC ACID; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LUTEOLIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHORYLASE KINASE; PROCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTANOID; QUERCETIN; RESVERATROL; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; AUTACOID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CELL ACTIVATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDIATOR; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTAMINE RELEASE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FLAVONOIDS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN KINASES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 70349332586     PISSN: 18715281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152809788681029     Document Type: Review

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