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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Marin L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6237366 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20181115 11
Flavonols are a flavonoid subfamily widely distributed in plants, including several ones of great importance in human and animal diet (apple, tomato, broccoli, onion, beans, tea). These polyphenolic nutraceuticals exert potent antimicrobial (membrane potential disruptors), antioxidant (free-radical scavengers), pharmacokinetic (CYP450 modulators), anti-inflammatory (lipoxygenase inhibitors), antiangiogenic (VEGF inhibitors) and antitumor (cyclin inhibitors) activities. Biotechnological productio ...[more]