The molecular basis for the pharmacological activity of anthocyans

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 29, 2011, Pages 4454-4469

  Domitrovic R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Anthocyanidins; Anthocyanins; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes mellitus; Inflammation; Liver fibrosis; Neuronaldamage; Signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CASPASE; CYANIDIN 3 GLUCOSIDE; CYANIDIN 3 RUTINOSIDE; CYANIDIN 3 SAMBUBIOSIDE; DELPHINIDIN; DELPHINIDIN 3 GALACTOSIDE; DELPHINIDIN 3 GLUCOSIDE; DELPHINIDIN 3 SAMBUBIOSIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MALVIDIN 3 GLUCOSIDE; MALVIDIN CHLORIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PELARGONIDIN; PEONIDIN; PEONIDIN 3 GLUCOSIDE; PETUNIDIN 3 GLUCOSIDE; PETUNIDIN CHLORIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEIN KINASE B; SCATTER FACTOR; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HEART PROTECTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIVER FIBROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 80052986267     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986711797287601     Document Type: Review

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