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Where do health benefits of flavonoids come from? Insights from flavonoid targets and their evolutionary history.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 17 May 2013
Lu Ming-Feng, Xiao Zheng-Tao, Zhang Hong-Yu
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Flavonoid intake is negatively correlated with the incidence of some chronic diseases including cardiovascular diseases, type II diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancers. Thus, the molecular mechanisms underlying this correlation are of great interest. Although ample attention has been given to the free radical-scavenging potential of flavonoids, the poor bioavailability of exogenous flavonoids suggests...
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