Tungmunnithum Duangjai, Thongboonyou Areeya, Pholboon Apinan, Yangsabai Aujana
Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Department of Botany, Tsukuba Botanical Garden, National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba 305-0005, Japan.
Medicines (Basel). 2018 Aug 25;5(3):93. doi: 10.3390/medicines5030093.
Phenolic compounds as well as flavonoids are well-known as antioxidant and many other important bioactive agents that have long been interested due to their benefits for human health, curing and preventing many diseases. This review attempts to demonstrate an overview of flavonoids and other phenolic compounds as the interesting alternative sources for pharmaceutical and medicinal applications. The examples of these phytochemicals from several medicinal plants are also illustrated, and their potential applications in pharmaceutical and medical aspects, especially for health promoting e.g., antioxidant effects, antibacterial effect, anti-cancer effect, cardioprotective effects, immune system promoting and anti-inflammatory effects, skin protective effect from UV radiation and so forth are highlighted.
酚类化合物以及黄酮类化合物作为抗氧化剂和许多其他重要的生物活性剂而闻名,长期以来因其对人类健康有益、能治愈和预防多种疾病而备受关注。本综述试图概述黄酮类化合物和其他酚类化合物,作为制药和医学应用中有趣的替代来源。还列举了几种药用植物中这些植物化学物质的实例,并强调了它们在制药和医学方面的潜在应用,特别是在促进健康方面,如抗氧化作用、抗菌作用、抗癌作用、心脏保护作用、促进免疫系统和抗炎作用、抵御紫外线辐射的皮肤保护作用等等。