Disease chemopreventive effects and molecular mechanisms of hydroxylated polymethoxyflavones

BioFactors

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 301-313

  Lai, Ching Shu ^a   Wu, Jia Ching ^a   Ho, Chi Tang ^b   Pan, Min Hsiung ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemoprevention; HPMFs

Indexed keywords

3' DEMETHYLNOBILETIN; 3',4' DIDEMETHYLNOBILETIN; 3,5,6,7,3',4' HEXAMETHOXYFLAVONE; 3,5,6,7,8,3',4' HEPTAMETHOXYFLAVONE; 4' DEMETHYLNOBILETIN; 4' DEMETHYLTANGERETIN; 5 DEMETHYLNOBILETIN; 5 DEMETHYLSINENSETIN; 5 DEMETHYLTANGERETIN; 5 HYDROXY(5 HYDROXY 6,7,8,3',4' HEXAMETHOXYFLAVONE; 5,4' DIDEMETHYLTANGERETIN; 5,6,7,4' TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE; 5,6,7,8,3',4',5' HEPTAMETHOXYFLAVONE; 5,7 DIMETHOXYFLAVONE; 5,7,4' TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE; APIGENIN; CHRYSIN; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYLATED POLYMETHOXYFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; NOBILETIN; SINENSETIN; TANGERETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; SWEET ORANGE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CITRUS SINENSIS; FLAVONES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84945493627     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: 18728081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.1236     Document Type: Review

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