Journal
NUTRIENTS
Volume 8, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu8040211
Keywords
inflammatory bowel disease; flavonoids; oxidative stress; eicosanoids; barrier function; immunomodulatory properties
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- Junta de Andalucia [P10-AGR-6826, CTS 164]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [AGL2015-67995-C3-3-R]
- European Union
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic inflammation of the intestine that compromises the patients' life quality and requires sustained pharmacological and surgical treatments. Since their etiology is not completely understood, non-fully-efficient drugs have been developed and those that have shown effectiveness are not devoid of quite important adverse effects that impair their long-term use. In this regard, a growing body of evidence confirms the health benefits of flavonoids. Flavonoids are compounds with low molecular weight that are widely distributed throughout the vegetable kingdom, including in edible plants. They may be of great utility in conditions of acute or chronic intestinal inflammation through different mechanisms including protection against oxidative stress, and preservation of epithelial barrier function and immunomodulatory properties in the gut. In this review we have revised the main flavonoid classes that have been assessed in different experimental models of colitis as well as the proposed mechanisms that support their beneficial effects.
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