Role of quercetin as an alternative for obesity treatment: You are what you eat!

Food Chemistry

Volumn 179, Issue , 2015, Pages 305-310

  Nabavi, Seyed Fazel ^a   Russo, Gian Luigi ^b   Daglia, Maria ^c   Nabavi, Seyed Mohammad ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenine monophosphate activated protein kinase; Antioxidants; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Obesity; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; ENZYMES; FLAVONOIDS; HEALTH RISKS; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

ACTIVATED PROTEINS; ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OBESITY; QUERCETIN; SIGNALING PATHWAYS; THERAPEUTIC AGENTS;

NUTRITION;

ADENINE MONOPHOSPHATE ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; FLAVONOID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; POLYPHENOL;

ANTIOBESITY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYPHENOLS; QUERCETIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84923320950     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.02.006     Document Type: Review

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