Intracellular signaling pathways of inflammation modulated by dietary flavonoids: The most recent evidence

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 17, 2018, Pages 2908-2924

  Chen, Lei ^a   Teng, Hui ^a   Jia, Zhen ^a   Battino, Maurizio ^b,c   Miron, Anca ^d   Yu, Zhiling ^e   Cao, Hui ^a,e   Xiao, Jianbo ^e  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria   (Spain)

^c Universidad Europea   (Spain)

^d GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^e University of Macau   (Macao)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; inflammation; intracellular signaling pathways; structure activity relationship

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; FLAVONOIDS; PATHOLOGY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS; ASSOCIATED SIGNALING; HYDROXYLATION PATTERNS; INFLAMMATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PATHWAYS; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS;

SIGNALING;

FLAVONOID;

CHEMISTRY; DIET; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DIET; FLAVONOIDS; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85061259015     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2017.1345853     Document Type: Review

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