Health benefits and bioactive compounds of eggplant

N Gürbüz, S Uluişik, A Frary, A Frary, S Doğanlar - Food chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Eggplant is a vegetable crop that is grown around the world and can provide significant
nutritive benefits thanks to its abundance of vitamins, phenolics and antioxidants. In addition …

The flavonoid biosynthetic pathway in Arabidopsis: structural and genetic diversity

K Saito, K Yonekura-Sakakibara… - Plant Physiology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Flavonoids are representative plant secondary products. In the model plant Arabidopsis
thaliana, at least 54 flavonoid molecules (35 flavonols, 11 anthocyanins and 8 …

Bioactive compounds in kombucha: A review of substrate effect and fermentation conditions

BM Bortolomedi, CS Paglarini, FCA Brod - Food Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Plant bioactive compounds have been studied mainly for their beneficial antioxidant
properties. Kombucha is a fermented beverage traditionally obtained from fermentation of …

[HTML][HTML] The role and mechanism of flavonoid herbal natural products in ulcerative colitis

JC Xue, S Yuan, H Meng, XT Hou, J Li… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine that presents
clinically with abdominal pain, mucopurulent stools, and posterior urgency. The lesions of …

Dietary phytochemicals in cancer prevention and therapy: a complementary approach with promising perspectives

M González-Vallinas, M González-Castejón… - Nutrition …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The population is aging. Over the coming years, the incidence of age-related chronic
diseases such as cancer is expected to continue to increase. Phytochemicals, which are non …

Quercetin: a molecule of great biochemical and clinical value and its beneficial effect on diabetes and cancer

AS Michala, A Pritsa - Diseases, 2022 - mdpi.com
Quercetin belongs to the broader category of polyphenols. It is found, in particular, among
the flavonols, and along with kaempferol, myricetin and isorhamnetin, it is recognized as a …

Pharmacological applications of quercetin and its derivatives: a short review

A Maalik, FA Khan, A Mumtaz, A Mehmood… - Tropical Journal of …, 2014 - ajol.info
Abstract Quercetin (3, 3ʹ, 4ʹ, 5, 7-pentahydroxyl-flavone) is a flavonol, and it belongs to a
class of plant secondary metabolites known as flavonoids. It is present in man's daily diet …

Perspectives on plant flavonoid quercetin-based drugs for novel SARS-CoV-2

M Saakre, D Mathew, V Ravisankar - Beni-Suef University journal of basic …, 2021 - Springer
Background The world pandemic COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is currently claiming
thousands of lives. Flavonoids abundantly present in the fruits and vegetables, especially …

Advance on the absorption, metabolism, and efficacy exertion of quercetin and its important derivatives: absorption, metabolism and function of quercetin

Y Hai, Y Zhang, Y Liang, X Ma, X Qi, J Xiao… - Food …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Quercetin, a dietary flavonol, has been used as potential ingredient in food supplements to
promote health. Its health effects are closely related to its bioavailability and further depend …

Flavonoids from Halostachys caspica and Their Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities

H Liu, Y Mou, J Zhao, J Wang, L Zhou, M Wang… - Molecules, 2010 - mdpi.com
Seven flavonoids have been isolated from the aerial parts of Halostachys caspica CA Mey.(
Chenopodiaceae) for the first time. By means of physicochemical and spectrometric …