Novel insights into the pharmacology of flavonoids

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1588-1596

  Romano, Barbara ^a   Pagano, Ester ^a   Montanaro, Vittorino ^a   Fortunato, Alfonso L ^a,c   Milic, Natasa ^b   Borrelli, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^c Farmacia Pucci   (Italy)

Author keywords

antioxidant; apoptosis; cancer; flavonoids; isoflavonoids; phytoestrogens; quercetin; silybin

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; APIGENIN; AURANTIIN; AVICULARINE; BAICALEIN; BIOCHANIN A; EPICATECHIN; FLAVANONE; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL; FORMONONETIN; GENISTEIN; HESPERETIN; HESPERIDIN; ISOFLAVONE; ISOQUERCITRIN; NARINGENIN; PRUNETIN; QUERCETIN; QUERCITRIN; RUTOSIDE; SILIBININ; WOGONIN;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTILIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DERMATOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEART PROTECTION; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIVER PROTECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ANTIOXIDANT; APOPTOSIS; CANCER; FLAVONOIDS; ISOFLAVONOIDS; PHYTOESTROGENS; QUERCETIN; SILYBIN;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DIET; FLAVONOIDS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; POLYPHENOLS;

EID: 84886313370     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5023     Document Type: Review

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