The Therapeutic Potential of Apigenin

  • Bahare Salehi
    Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam 44340847, Iran
  • Alessandro Venditti
    Dipartimento di Chimica, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
  • Mehdi Sharifi-Rad
    Department of Medical Parasitology, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol 61663-335, Iran
  • Dorota Kręgiel
    Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 171/173, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
  • Javad Sharifi-Rad
    Food Safety Research Center (salt), Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan 35198-99951, Iran
  • Alessandra Durazzo
    CREA-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy
  • Massimo Lucarini
    CREA-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy
  • Antonello Santini
    Department of Pharmacy, University of Napoli Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy
  • Eliana B. Souto
    Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Coimbra Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Polo III-Saúde 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
  • Ettore Novellino
    Department of Pharmacy, University of Napoli Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy
  • Hubert Antolak
    Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 171/173, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
  • Elena Azzini
    CREA-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy
  • William N. Setzer
    Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA
  • Natália Martins
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal

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公開日
2019-03-15
権利情報
  • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
DOI
  • 10.3390/ijms20061305
公開者
MDPI AG

説明

<jats:p>Several plant bioactive compounds have exhibited functional activities that suggest they could play a remarkable role in preventing a wide range of chronic diseases. The largest group of naturally-occurring polyphenols are the flavonoids, including apigenin. The present work is an updated overview of apigenin, focusing on its health-promoting effects/therapeutic functions and, in particular, results of in vivo research. In addition to an introduction to its chemistry, nutraceutical features have also been described. The main key findings from in vivo research, including animal models and human studies, are summarized. The beneficial indications are reported and discussed in detail, including effects in diabetes, amnesia and Alzheimer’s disease, depression and insomnia, cancer, etc. Finally, data on flavonoids from the main public databases are gathered to highlight the apigenin’s key role in dietary assessment and in the evaluation of a formulated diet, to determine exposure and to investigate its health effects in vivo.</jats:p>

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