A review of flavonoid quercetin: Metabolism, Bioactivity and antioxidant properties

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 933-941

  Salem Alrawaiq, Nadia ^a   Abdullah, Azman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Nrf2; Phase II enzyme; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ISOQUERCITRIN; ISORHAMNETIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METAL ION; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PEROXYNITRITE; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); SUPEROXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL VIABILITY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MRNA EXPRESSION ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION;

EID: 84903197440     PISSN: 09744304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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