Quercetin, a Flavonoid with Great Pharmacological Capacity

Autor: Eber Josue Carrillo-Martinez, Flor Yohana Flores-Hernández, Adriana María Salazar-Montes, Hector Fabián Nario-Chaidez, Luis Daniel Hernández-Ortega
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Molecules, Vol 29, Iss 5, p 1000 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1420-3049
DOI: 10.3390/molecules29051000
Popis: Quercetin is a flavonoid with a low molecular weight that belongs to the human diet’s phenolic phytochemicals and nonenergy constituents. Quercetin has a potent antioxidant capacity, being able to capture reactive oxygen species (ROS), reactive nitrogen species (RNS), and reactive chlorine species (ROC), which act as reducing agents by chelating transition-metal ions. Its structure has five functional hydroxyl groups, which work as electron donors and are responsible for capturing free radicals. In addition to its antioxidant capacity, different pharmacological properties of quercetin have been described, such as carcinostatic properties; antiviral, antihypertensive, and anti-inflammatory properties; the ability to protect low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation, and the ability to inhibit angiogenesis; these are developed in this review.
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