Biological and chemical aspects of natural biflavonoids from plants: A brief review

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 834-862

  Gontijo, Vanessa Silva ^a   dos Santos, Marcelo Henrique ^a,b   Viegas, Claudio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALFENAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological activity; Flavonoids; Natural biflavonoids; Natural products; Pharmacologia; Phytochemical

Indexed keywords

2",3" DIHYDROAMENTOFLAVONE; 2",3" DIHYDROHINOKIFLAVONE; 2',8" BIAPIGENIN; 2,3 DIHYDROAMENTOFLAVONE; 2,3 DIHYDROHINOKIFLAVONE; 7 O METHYLHINOKIFLAVONE; 7,4',7",4" TETRAMETHYLISOCHAMAEJASMIN; AGATHISFLAVONE; AMENTOFLAVONE; BIFLAVONOID; BILOBETIN; CUPRESSUFLAVONE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; GINKGETIN; HEVEAFLAVONE; HINOKIFLAVONE; ISOCRYPTOMERIN; ISOGINKGETINE; MORELOFLAVONE; OCHNAFLAVONE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; RIDICULUFLAVONE; ROBUSTAFLAVONE; SCIADOPITYSIN; SEQUOIAFLAVONE; SUMAFLAVONE; TAIWANIAFLAVONE; TETRAHYDROAMENTOFLAVONE; TETRAHYDROHINOKIFLAVONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPARASITIC THERAPY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARISTOLOCHIA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CEPHALOTAXUS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COUNTER CURRENT CHROMATOGRAPHY; CUPRESSUS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; GARCINIA; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; IC50; LONICERA JAPONICA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SELAGINELLA; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WIKSTROEMIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; LEISHMANIA; METABOLISM; PLANT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIFLAVONOIDS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; PLANTS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES;

EID: 85025117042     PISSN: 13895575     EISSN: 18755607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389557517666161104130026     Document Type: Review

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