Health effects of phloretin: from chemistry to medicine

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 527-533

  Behzad, Sahar ^a   Sureda, Antoni ^b   Barreca, Davide ^c   Nabavi, Seyed Fazel ^d   Rastrelli, Luca ^e   Nabavi, Seyed Mohammad ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Dihydrochalcones; Phenolic compound; Phloretin

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ESTROGEN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PHLORETIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85014558781     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-017-9500-x     Document Type: Article

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