ABSTRACT
Although flavonoids have been used for a long time, many medical practitioners and pharmacists know very little about them. This article gives a few particulars of some flavonoids and plant extracts: rutin, water soluble derivatives of rutin, citroflavonoids, anthrocyanins, procyanidins, silymarin, Ginkgo biloba, Chrysanthellum indicum and Lespedeza capitata.
Subject(s)
Flavonoids/therapeutic use , Animals , Humans , Plants, Medicinal/analysisABSTRACT
Flavonoids are widely spread in plant kingdom. Since the works of Rusznyak and Szent-Gyorgyi (1936), they are mainly used as vitamin P like agents. Nevertheless, other properties have been discovered, among these the anti-inflammatory activity. Hypolaetin 8-glucoside and some other anti-inflammatory flavonoids showed protection effects on the gastric mucosa. The combination of both the properties is unusual and of interest. Flavonoids with such properties might represent a new class of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
