What is it about?
Flavonoids and its specific role as co-adjuvant therapeutic agent for several diseases since they exhibit antioxidant, anti-inflamatory, antitumoral, antiviral, antibacterial properties.
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Why is it important?
Flavonoids are available in several kinds of medicinal plants but their properties, effect, mechanism of action are not well explored. They may act as adjuvant for therapy or can be used as a biological structure to develop analogues to be used as drugs.
Perspectives
Development of novel compounds with effective and potent biological effect to be used as drugs in different kind of treatment.
Full Professor Fátima Regina Mena Barreto Silva
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
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This page is a summary of: Flavonoids: Prospective Drug Candidates, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, November 2008, Bentham Science Publishers,
DOI: 10.2174/138955708786369564.
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