Flavonoids and the brain: Interactions at the blood-brain barrier and their physiological effects on the central nervous system

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1683-1693

  Youdim, Kuresh A ^a   Shukitt Hale, Barbara ^b   Joseph, James A ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood brain barrier; Brain; Cognition; Flavonoids; Free radicals; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

BIOCHANIN A; CATECHIN; CHRYSIN; DAUNORUBICIN; DIGOXIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; GALANGIN; GLYCOPROTEIN P; HESPERETIN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KAEMPFEROL; MORIN; NARINGENIN; PHLORETIN; QUERCETIN; RESVERATROL; RHODAMINE; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; TANGERETIN; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

AGING; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIET; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGING; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; P-GLYCOPROTEIN;

HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 7444253369     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2004.08.002     Document Type: Review

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