The Biochemistry & Medical Significance Of The Flavonoids Havsteen [Article]

Preface......Page 3
Introduction......Page 4
The oxidation-reduction potential of flavonoids......Page 5
The tautomery of anthocyanin......Page 6
Absorption and fluorescence spectra of flavonoids......Page 8
Optical activity of flavonoids......Page 10
Radical scavenging by flavonoids......Page 11
Linear free-energy relationships......Page 14
Distribution in nature......Page 15
Identification of flavonoids......Page 16
The theory of pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance......Page 17
The measurement of relaxation times......Page 20
Concluding remarks on nuclear magnetic resonance......Page 22
The analytical procedure......Page 23
Anabolism......Page 24
The genetics of flavonoids......Page 26
The role of the flavonoids in plant physiology......Page 27
The pharmacology of flavonoids in animals......Page 29
Pharmacodynamics......Page 30
The catabolism of flavonoids......Page 31
The immunology of the flavonoids......Page 33
Flavonoids as immune modulators......Page 34
Scavenging of free radicals by flavonoids......Page 35
The electron transfer catalysis by flavonoids......Page 37
Hydrolases......Page 38
Oxidoreductases......Page 40
The mutagenic potential of flavonoids......Page 42
The olfactory system......Page 43
Complexes of flavonoids with heavy metal ions......Page 44
Medical, technical, gastronomic, and other applications of flavonoids......Page 45
Hypertension and microbleeding......Page 46
Inflammation......Page 48
The effect of flavonoids on the condition of diabetes mellitus patients......Page 55
Local anaesthesia by flavonoids......Page 59
Protein-rich oedema......Page 60
Loosening of connective tissue......Page 61
The effect of flavonoids on allergy and asthma......Page 62
The biology of cancer......Page 64
Introduction......Page 67
Cytoplasmic/nuclear hormone receptors......Page 68
Energy metabolism......Page 69
The inhibition of heat shock protein genes by flavonoids......Page 70
The influence of flavonoids on mammary carcinoma cells......Page 73
The genetic disposition......Page 74
The role of flavonoids in the dietary component of cardiovascular stress......Page 75
Flavonoids in the management of ischaemia/reperfusion damage......Page 76
The effect of flavonoids on gastrointestinal ulcers......Page 77
The effect of flavonoids on rheumatic diseases......Page 78
Bacterial infection......Page 79
The antiviral properties of flavonoids......Page 81
Morbus alzheimer\'s......Page 86
Peroxidation of lipids by free radicals......Page 88
Metabolic changes caused by organic solvents......Page 90
Hypoxic cell damage......Page 91
The anabolism......Page 92
Hypercholesterolemia......Page 96
Treatment of hypercholesterolemia......Page 98
Stimulation of the immune system by flavonoids......Page 99
Introduction......Page 100
The human immunodeficiency virus gene......Page 101
Possible targets of antiviral drugs......Page 102
Interaction of flavonoids with other drugs......Page 104
Acknowledgements......Page 105
References......Page 106
Supplementary references......Page 128