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Flavonoids and Their Impact on Human Health 2.0

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 1528

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Prof. Dr. Davide Barreca

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Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy
Interests: plant biochemistry; isolation and identification of polyphenols; evaluation of biological potentials of polyphenols on isolate cells in culture; identification of molecular mechanisms of antioxidants action
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Dear Colleagues,

There is an enormous growth of worldwide interest in nutraceutical compounds in both developed and developing countries over the last two decades, increasing the interest of pharmaceutical companies, which has in turn motivated preclinical pharmacological studies as well as controlled and randomized clinical trials to prove the safety and efficacy of these products. Flavonoids are the most studied class of nutraceutical compounds for their impact on human health due to the unquestionable promising biological and pharmacological activities, as shown by epigenetic research, too. These compounds are able to modulate the intracellular signal cascade, and in addition to their well-known antioxidant activity, they can be utilized to promote cell survival or death, focusing their action on a well-defined biological target. USDA, NIH, and several other government and health agencies encourage people to consume a variegated and healthy balanced diet, rich in polyphenols, taking into account the potential health-promoting effects and supported by the evidence supplied by numerous epidemiological studies. Taken together, these characteristics make the daily assumptions of flavonoids a natural defense weapon to promote organisms’ wellness. Taking into account the strong interest in polyphenols as an emerging challenge for the development of health-promoting compounds and potential biotechnological applications, this Special Issue will cover a wide variety of areas, aiming to contribute to the overall knowledge of the molecular mechanism of flavonoids action by multiple points of view on both in producers and in consumers.

Please do note that papers that only focus on extraction do not qualify for this IJMS Special Issue. The focus is not only on the chemical composition of these ingredients, but, more specifically, on describing their mechanism of action in improving human nutrition.

Prof. Dr. Davide Barreca
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • flavonoids
  • antioxidants
  • activation/block of signal cascade
  • modulation of key metabolic enzymes
  • oxidative stress
  • biological potentials
  • antimicrobial activity
  • antiviral potential
  • anticancer activity
  • anti-aggregative activity
  • anti-inflammatory activity

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Therapeutic Effect and Safety Evaluation of Naringin on Klebsiella pneumoniae in Mice
by Guanyu Zhao, Qilin Huang, Xiaohan Jing, Lina Huang, Chen Liu, Xiangyi Pan, Zhaorong Li, Sifan Li, Zhengying Qiu and Ruihua Xin
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(21), 15940; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242115940 - 03 Nov 2023
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Critically ill patients with Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) often develop secondary bacterial infections that pose a significant threat to patient life safety, making the development of drugs to prevent bacterial infections in the lungs critical to clinical care. Naringin (NAR) is one [...] Read more.
Critically ill patients with Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) often develop secondary bacterial infections that pose a significant threat to patient life safety, making the development of drugs to prevent bacterial infections in the lungs critical to clinical care. Naringin (NAR) is one of the significant natural flavonoids rich in Pummelo Peel (Hua Ju Hong), with anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antioxidant activities, and is commonly used in treating respiratory tract infectious diseases. In this study, the in vitro and in vivo findings revealed that, after Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn) infection, NAR inhibited overactivation of the nuclear factor kappa-B(NF-κB) signaling pathway in alveolar macrophages of mice, reduced neutrophil (NEs) recruitment, and lowered the induced production of proinflammatory markers, such as Interleukin-6(IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor α(TNF-α). Thus, it suppressed excessive immune responses in the lungs, as well as attenuated the induced pulmonary fibrosis and inflammatory infiltrates. These results suggest that NAR has a preventive effect against Kpn in mice. In addition, the study evaluated NAR’s potential toxicity, demonstrating that NAR is safe at effective doses. These results suggested that NAR effectively reduces excessive inflammatory damage in the lungs induced by Kpn and enhances the body’s ability to clear bacteria. Therefore, NAR may be an effective and safe healthcare drug for preventing and caring for bacterial pneumonia. Full article
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