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