Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 49, Issue 6, Pages 963-975Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.06.010
Keywords
Flavonoids; Cardiovascular disease; ROS; Iron; Anthocyanins
Funding
- Charles University in Prague [53707 B]
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Epidemiological, as well as most in vivo, studies suggest that flavonoids have a positive influence on various cardiovascular diseases. Traditionally, these effects were only attributed to their antioxidant activity, which has been extensively studied. Apart from the direct antioxidant properties, which include direct reactive oxygen species scavenging activity and transient metal chelation, this review reports on many other effects that in pharmacologically achievable concentrations may also be responsible for their positive cardiovascular influence. These include direct inhibition of some radical-forming enzymes (xanthine oxidase, NADPH oxidase, and lipoxygenases), decreased platelet aggregation and leukocyte adhesion, and vasodilatory properties. For each of the aforementioned effects different structural features are necessary. Briefly, a catecholic B-ring is necessary for scavenging activity; hydroxyl groups in an ortho position, the 3-hydroxy-4-keto group, or the 5-hydroxy-4-keto group enable iron chelation; planar conformation with the 4-keto group and 2,3-double bond is essential for inhibition of leukocyte adhesion and platelet aggregation; specific hydroxy-methoxy ortho conformation in ring B is necessary for the inhibition of NADPH oxidase; and the 4-keto group is a requisite for vasodilatory action. This review shows that positive cardiovascular effects of flavonoids are achieved by various flavonoids via the interaction with different targets. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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