The bioactive effects of chicoric acid as a functional food ingredient

Y Peng, Q Sun, Y Park - Journal of Medicinal Food, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Chicoric acid, a hydroxycinnamic acid, has been reported to possess a variety of health
benefits, including antivirus, antioxidant, anti-inflammation, obesity prevention, and …

[HTML][HTML] Natural products: regulating glucose metabolism and improving insulin resistance

FSA Saadeldeen, Y Niu, H Wang, L Zhou… - Food science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Compounds with regulating glucose metabolism and improving insulin resistance (IR)
activity are abundant in nature and can be obtained from several sources. They have high …

Metabolomics and gene expression analysis reveal the accumulation patterns of phenylpropanoids and flavonoids in different colored-grain wheats (Triticum aestivum …

X Wang, X Zhang, H Hou, X Ma, S Sun, H Wang… - Food Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Colored-grain wheats have received increasing attention owing to their high nutritional
values. In this study, we compared the metabolomes of four pigmented wheat cultivars with …

Analysis of flavonoid metabolites in buckwheat leaves using UPLC-ESI-MS/MS

J Li, P Yang, Q Yang, X Gong, H Ma, K Dang, G Chen… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Flavonoids from plants are particularly important in our diet. Buckwheat is a special crop that
is rich in flavonoids. In this study, four important buckwheat varieties, including one tartary …

Comparative metabolomics reveals differences in flavonoid metabolites among different coloured buckwheat flowers

J Li, MS Hossain, H Ma, Q Yang, X Gong… - Journal of Food …, 2020 - Elsevier
Flavonoids are the largest group of secondary metabolites, and they play important
biological functions. Buckwheat, particularly its flowers, contains a considerable amount of …

Inhibitory effect of epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate on α-glucosidase and its hypoglycemic effect via targeting PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in L6 skeletal muscle cells

L Xu, W Li, Z Chen, Q Guo, C Wang… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG), a tea polyphenol is renowned for its anti-
diabetic properties, however limited studies elucidate its hypoglycemic mechanism from …

Cardiovascular effects of flavonoids

M Sánchez, M Romero… - Current medicinal …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the major cause of death worldwide, especially in Western
society. Flavonoids are a large group of polyphenolic compounds widely distributed in …

Comparative analysis of the medicinal and nutritional components of different varieties of Pueraria thomsonii and Pueraria lobata

M Fu, MS Jahan, K Tang, S Jiang, J Guo… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pueraria thomsonii and Pueraria lobata are important medicinal plants with unique chemical
compositions that are widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. To compare the …

A flavonoid monomer tricin in Gramineous plants: Metabolism, bio/chemosynthesis, biological properties, and toxicology

B Jiang, J Song, Y Jin - Food chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Tricin (5, 7, 4′-trihydroxy-3′, 5′-dimethoxyflavone) as a renewable and
bioactive polyphenolic compound is widely distributed in monocots with free and conjugated …

Characteristics and glucose uptake promoting effect of chrysin-loaded phytosomes prepared with different phospholipid matrices

SM Kim, JI Jung, C Chai, JY Imm - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chrysin-loaded phytosomes (CP) were prepared using either soya phosphatidylcholine
(SPC) or egg phospholipid (EPL) by the solvent evaporation method. Different phospholipid …