Flavonoids in Health and Disease

Occurrence and analysis: analysis and identification of flavonoids in practice; phenolic acids in fruits; flavonoids in medical plants. Chemical and biochemical properties: chemistry of flavonoids; antioxidant properties of flavonoids, reduction potentials, and electron transfer reactions of flavonoid radicals; flavonoid and metal interactions in biological systems; inhibition of mitochondrial function by flavonoids. Antioxidant activities: structure-antioxidant activity relationships of flavonoids and isoflavonoids; structural aspects of antioxidant activity of flavonoids; effects of flavonoids on the oxidation of low density lipoprotein; flavonoids as inhibitors of lipid peroxidation in membranes ; isoflavonoids as inhibitors of lipid peroxidation and quenchers of singlet oxygen. Nutritional studies: ginkgo biloba extract EG6 761 - biological actions, antioxidant activity, and regulation of nitric oxide synthase; nutritional studies of flavonoids in wine; nutrition of grape phenolics; flavonoids and phenylpropanoids as contributors to the antioxidant activity of fruit juices;pycnogenol. In Vivo effects: anti-cancer properties of flavonoids, with emphasis on citrus flavonoids; quercetin in foods, cardiovascular disease, and cancer; absorption, metabolism, and bioavailability of flavonoids; flavonoids and coronary heart disease-dietary perspectives.