Basic biochemical mechanisms behind the health benefits of polyphenols

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 435-445

  Fraga, Cesar G ^a,b   Galleano, Monica ^a   Verstraeten, Sandra V ^a   Oteiza, Patricia I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Flavonoids; Metals; Phytonutrients; Redox

Indexed keywords

3' O METHYL EPICATECHIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; APOCYNIN; ASCORBIC ACID; EPICATECHIN; ESTRADIOL; FLAVONOID; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; RESVERATROL; SCAVENGER; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STABILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIPID OXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERAPY EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 78649636886     PISSN: 00982997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2010.09.006     Document Type: Review

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