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ReviewNutrients2020

Flavonoids as Anticancer Agents.

Dalia M Kopustinskiene, Valdas Jakstas, Arunas Savickas, Jurga Bernatoniene

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In one paragraph

Review in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06950138 (Efficacy of Triticum Aestivum Over Vascular Function in Mexican Obese Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 526 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06950138 phase3completednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Efficacy of Triticum Aestivum Over Vascular Function in Mexican Obese Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorCoordinación de Investigación en Salud, MexicoRan2023 to 2025Enrolled20ConditionsObesity, Vascular RiskArmsTriticum aestivum, calcined magnesia
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

526 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. The effect of flavonoids on the doxorubicin efficacy in cancer treatment.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025
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  15. Comparative evaluation of quercetin, rutin, and their nanoparticles: enhanced antimicrobial and antioxidant activities.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2026
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466 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Dalia M KopustinskieneInstitute of Pharmaceutical Technologies, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-50161 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Valdas JakstasInstitute of Pharmaceutical Technologies, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-50161 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Arunas SavickasDepartment of Drug Technology and Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Sukileliu pr. 13, LT-50161 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Jurga BernatonieneInstitute of Pharmaceutical Technologies, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-50161 Kaunas, Lithuania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flavonoids are polyphenolic compounds subdivided into 6 groups: isoflavonoids, flavanones, flavanols, flavonols, flavones and anthocyanidins found in a variety of plants. Fruits, vegetables, plant-derived beverages such as green tea, wine and cocoa-based products are the main dietary sources of flavonoids. Flavonoids have been shown to possess a wide variety of anticancer effects: they modulate reactive oxygen species (ROS)-scavenging enzyme activities, participate in arresting the cell cycle, induce apoptosis, autophagy, and suppress cancer cell proliferation and invasiveness. Flavonoids have dual action regarding ROS homeostasis-they act as antioxidants under normal conditions and are potent pro-oxidants in cancer cells triggering the apoptotic pathways and downregulating pro-inflammatory signaling pathways. This article reviews the biochemical properties and bioavailability of flavonoids, their anticancer activity and its mechanisms of action.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsAntioxidantsApoptosisAutophagyBiological AvailabilityCell CycleDose-Response Relationship, DrugFlavonoidsFree Radical ScavengersFruitHumansInflammationMolecular ConformationNeoplasmsPolyphenolsReactive Oxygen SpeciesAntineoplastic AgentsAntioxidantsFlavonoidsFree Radical ScavengersPolyphenolsReactive Oxygen Speciesantioxidantscancerflavonoidsmitochondriapro-oxidantsROS

Identifiers

PMID32059369
PMCPMC7071196

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