Chemistry and biological activities of flavonoids: An overview

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kumar, Shashank ^a   Pandey, Abhay K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGLYCONE; ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; APIGENIN; AURANTIIN; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GALANGIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; LUTEOLIN; MORIN; NARINGENIN; PROCYANIDIN; QUERCETIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RUTOSIDE; SILYMARIN; SOPHORAFLAVANONE G; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACALYPHA INDICA; ALOE VERA; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ASTRAGALUS COMPLANATUS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BACOPA; BACOPA MONEIRRA; BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA MONANDRA; BERRY; BETULA PENDULA; BIRCH; BRYSONIMA CRASSA; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CITRON; CLERODENDRUM; CLERODENDRUM PHLOMIDIS; CLITORIA TERNATEA; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EQUISETUM ARVENSE; GLYCCHERIZA GLABRA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HYDROGEN BOND; LAGGERA ALATA; LIMNOPHILA INDICA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MIMOSA PUDICA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; OROXYLUM; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA INCARNATE; POLYMERIZATION; PONGAMIA PINNATA; REVIEW; SILYBUM MARIANUM; TEA; TEPHROSIA PURPUREA; TILIA; TILIA CORDATA; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; FOOD; HUMAN; METABOLISM; YEAST;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; FLAVONOIDS; FOOD; HUMANS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YEASTS;

EID: 84896281851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/162750     Document Type: Review

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